shift knob is dinged up

[ohioan]

Any suggestions on how to fix?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-FcOooubp0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[ras]

You can try using a small amount of toothpaste, the old fashioned white stuff not the gel. Put a small amount on a wet rag and rub in then buff. Be careful not to get it on the top or the vinyl. I have seen this done on jewelry and it worked.

 

[StealthWyvern]

That wont fix the dings but only make it shine.

 

[meicalnissyen]

You can try using a small amount of toothpaste, the old fashioned white stuff not the gel. Put a small amount on a wet rag and rub in then buff. Be careful not to get it on the top or the vinyl. I have seen this done on jewelry and it worked.

replace the toothpaste with brasso or mothers aluminum polish

you don't want to try and "fix" this, just improve

 

[rsvinylgraphics]

You will probably have to do what I did to mine, wet sand it and then polish it. Looks much better but you just have to keep polishing it (aluminum wheel polish)
to keep it looking shiny.

 

[Darth Vader]

The metal is coated. If you polish it you'll just take off the coating in places. a full removal of the coating and then sand and polish is the only real answer and, it's fiddly work.

here's another suggestion or two: 1. take your keys out carefully as that's what scratched it in the first place and 2. buy a nice heavyweight shift knob

 

[ohioan]

Thank you my peeps

 

[Domino81]

That looks like pitting. It's not worth the work.

 

[meicalnissyen]

The metal is coated. If you polish it you'll just take off the coating in places. a full removal of the coating and then sand and polish is the only real answer and, it's fiddly work.

here's another suggestion or two: 1. take your keys out carefully as that's what scratched it in the first place and 2. buy a nice heavyweight shift knob

it wasn't my keys, it was the zipper on the GF's coat

 

[_Chris]

it wasn't my keys, it was the zipper on the GF's coat

haha, Thats what I was going to say. Does not look like something you can just hand polish away.