Lithium grease. It should last awhile since it’s made to stay and shed water , sprayed a little on a rag and began to wipe with some nice results.

What, pray tell, is a "sling car"?

Assume you are not talking about the aluminum shiny strips along the back windshield. No one has figured out how to re-shine them yet.

I read siling as a verb. As in the act of being the sil of a window.

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Old Blue - 83 240D 6 speed manual trans, OM648
Green Machine - 2001 Europa G500
87 300SDL Bought on Peachparts. Low-ish miles..?

Family Truckster - 2012 VW Touareg TDI

Patchouli Wagon - 2004 E500 - SOLD
333k mile 97 BMW 750il V12. - SOLD
The Californian - 85 300TD - SOLD
Daily Super Sedan - 03 Audi S8 -SOLD

I tried some super lube lithium grease on the anodized aluminum trim. Wow all the white chalk color is gone. It is not perfect but very shiny and much improved. I wiped it with a microfiber cloth. I hope it last a while. It sure looks nice.

Good information. Thanks for sharing. I will try the lithium grease.

If you want to spend the time then good old 1000, 2000 and 3000 polishing paper can shine them up again - you will need to clear coat it afterwards though.

When I had my W124 I had the top roof rails refinished at an anodizing shop in original hematite finish - the shop had no idea what hematite was so I had to come up with a sample - the original galaxy S phones had that finish on the edges. Came out very pretty - too bad the car is gone now.

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1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

We still do not know what a sling car is.

Typo for "along" is my interpretation.
The 'a' is to the left of the 's' key and the 'i' is to the left of the 'o' key.

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You are correct sir, doing a lot of posting from my phone lately , big fingers and little touch screen plugging.