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one of My 33 headlight reflectors is very dull. I heard that red dry rouge may shine em up. So I got up early this morning, making sure not to wake her, toook her rouge from her bag, snuck out to the garage(before first light) put some on a soft cloth and rubbed in a small area for a while, and got nothing. Maybe she's buying the cheap makeup again, or maybe I heard wrong from the beginning. So before I take her out to the woodshed, should real rouge really work?
(She's looking over my shuld now, so you know she's laughing.)I think its laughter..
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You're probably thinking of jeweler's rouge. It sold as a bar which is applied to a polishing wheel. It will produce a nice shine but I'm not sure if it will work on the reflectors.
There is a good discussion on this topic in a post dated May 26, 2010 "renovating headlamp reflectors"
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Not sure but I think that is the wrong rouge. I just happened to be polishing the rough looking 31 headlights I got to replace the painted ones on my 1930 with brasso, it helped alot on the reflectors but I am going to try something else to get more shine. It did work real well on the chrome outside though, they look great now
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OMG, I am laughing so hard. Rouge/makeup make a lady's cheeks look red, hence rouge (French). As said, jeweller rouge is what your friend meant, but it is too course and will grind right through the silver on the reflector. A good silver polish is in order, but be gentle, the silver coating is not that thick.
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[quote=Junkyard Dog]Hum.....since the reflectors are coated with silver why not try silver polish?    [/quote I dug out her silver polish last week,that did nothing. So, Hum....away Dog!
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Your reflectors need to be nickel plated first prior to sending them out to be sealed with aluminum.  
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JYD...Where can I have the Aluminum sealing done? .....
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JYD, Thanks for the fast response!!!
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