Front bumper junk yard restoration. WOW!

[Mister-B]

I bought an original front bumper off a '67 at the junk yard this week. Structurally, it was in good shape, but the chrome was dull and it had some 40 year old insurance company bumper stickers on it. I bought it anyway, and decided for $45, it was worth the gamble, seeing as repro bumpers are $150 plus $50 for shipping, and likely won't be as heavy as an original chevy bumper. I've also heard the chrome can be iffy.

So, I started out by removing the bumper stickers with a heat gun and a plastic putty knife. Got the remaining sticky stuff off with some GoofOff and a rag. Next I washed it with some dawn soap, hot water, and a rag. Followed that with Eagle One Neverdull. Then I used some Mothers chrome polish and the drill attachment shown


As I removed the haze from the polish with a rag, I could not believe how nice and shiny the chrome is!


Too bad I didn't take a before shot, but I think you can tell from the after shot that this turned out quite well.
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