Any ideas on the best products and buffing wheel to use when polishing stainless trim?

I used a cotton wheel with jeweler's rouge for stainless. I got mine at a specialty hardware store, but you can get it at a Harley shop. I tapped out any dents with a wood dowel, filed smooth, sanded the file marks, sanded the sanding marks, etc, etc to about 1500 grit. Then I polished it on the wheel.

One bit of advice, that I wish someone had given me. After polishing, wrap each piece individually in newspaper for storage. I did not do that...I just put them in a box. The edges of one piece will scratch another piece. Now I'll have to buff (and maybe sand) the scratches out, again!!

http://www.swmetal.com/compounds.html

This site seems to have pretty good info on polishing compounds. Tripoli, rouge and others all have different uses. I've used a white compound (Dico wr-1) on stainless with pretty good success.

-beesker

I got my buffing wheels and compound at Sears hardware. Everything worked well. I had to clean up some dings and deep scratches also. Just take your time. When all was done, I finish polished with some Mothers just for the fun of it.