This past summer, I was troubleshooting my rear lights on the 131. I took the lenses off, and discovered that the reflectors had been painted body color. I figured this wasn't very good light management. I thought that they had to be shiny at some point in their life, so I removed the extremely flaky paint down to the metal. I then started to use a metal/mag polish I had around the shop. That was a no-go.
I then got a tube of Autosol and tried it out. Within a few minutes of application with a blue shop towel, I was encouraged by the result and kept going. After all was said and done, and buttoned all up, the rear lights shined brilliantly at night. I am very pleased with the result! I should have bought stock in blue shop towels beforehand, I used up a TON. I thought about using a mop and a dremel, etc. but the tarnish came off so quickly and dirtied the towel, that I would have been changing mops all day. Plus, I had never used the product before and I wasn't sure of its result. Towels, tunes, a roller stool and a beer made for a relaxing couple hours.
David
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_________________ David 1967 Volvo 131 B18D M41
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