In 1969 I purchased my first collector car, a 1933 Dodge. It was also my first full restoration project. I sent the bright work out for full professional restoration, and I was very unhappy with the first results.
A few tries later, some of the trim was still not meeting my standards, so I decided to learn how to restore the trim myself. Between 1969 and 1985, the year I established Iverson Automotive, I honed my trim restoration skills – learning the nature of various metals, compounds, and finishes, and the effects of temperature, speed, and pressure upon them. I developed my own method for restoring stainless, aluminum and pot metal trim.
Part style and part scientific process, I created a 10-step procedure for bringing automotive trim back to life. Remove all dents, scratches, pits, and recontour, if necessary.