THESTIG08 said:
yep.. i used AutoglymPaint Renovator..:wall: and then tried to buff them up with Autoglym Super Resin Polish which has resulted in them being a gun metal grey colour...
on the upside they are totally scratch free now..
If the paint Renovator is like T-Cut, it removes a layer of paint, which is OK on a car, but may have removed too much from your stands. I could be wrong (I hope I am), but you may have done irretrievable damage....give Partington a ring (if that's possible).
Your other option is to have them re-sprayed....sounds drastic, but I had a friend re-spray some old tatty Atacama stands with matt black from a tin and it worked a treat.
What ever you do, tread carefully, and at the end of the day, it might be safer to live with them.