Glove box brushed aluminum insert

[Curt C.]

The glove box door on my 1964 has a few light scratches in the aluminum insert. They are not bad enough to replace the insert so I would like to know if there are any techniques/products to help remove them. (By the way, last year I used Jerry Fucillo's insert replacement technique on my 66, which was in terrible shape, and it worked great. Thanks Jerry.) Thanks as always.

[Gerard F.]

Re: Glove box brushed aluminum insert

Curt,

Don't know of any way to take out just a few light scratches from one of those aluminum inserts. The inserts are made from big sheets which are evenly machine finished. I think if you try to just take a few little scratches out with steel wool or a fine wire brush, the area you refinished will probably stand out and look worst.

However, I see that you probably have a piece of the aluminum insert from your 66 with which to experiment with.

Have fun