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chrome polish
starting to put the chrome back on my truck after painting it.
what do you guys use to polish your chrome. i went over all the stuff i'm reusing with #000 steel wool, now i want to get the stuff to shine. any suggestions? |
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I use Mothers Aluminum polish for all my chrome and aluminum.
Then I put on a top coat of wax polish.
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Semi Chrome is very very good. Best found on the net.
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Mother's is really good .....
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you know what works awesome is that stuff called dry wash, man does that make thing shine
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I have to second Casey, that stuff is awesome, find a waterless car wash salesperson and ask for the premium metal polish. I used it on some 50's soda fountain stools and it worked excellent, the chrome on the stools was all dark with 40 years of tarnish and even surface rust and that polish made the chrome literally look like new.
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thanks guys. look for some really polished trim for sale on the parts board.
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never dull is the best. it the one that has the cotton in the can with the pollish on it.. i always think of marine boot camp every time i smell that stuff
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to put a good shine on your underhood chrome you can use the worldwide known household product called windex and it is a lot cheaper that all that other stuff, its what i use and if you have a little bit of rust on it then scrub it with coca cola then use the windex for a shine, my grandfather told me this and it works great.
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I've used WD-40 on my 14" air cleaner. Takes off all the junk and leaves it shiny. May not be the best stuff or the brightest, but it works for me.
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I tried that
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ON MY CHROME Wheels this spring to get the rust off .. toothbursh and old Dunput chrome polish . way cool
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I don't know how picky you guys are, but when I saw that he used steel wool, I thought I should reply. It seems that no matter how fine the steel wool is, it will leave scratches. You might not see them right away, and they might be hard to find, but they are there, not to mention that if you use steel wool to polish the chrome every time, the chrome will get thin and show the metal underneath it. I know, I have seen it happen. A good chrome polish will have enough abrasive action to shine chrome.
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Good point
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use steel wool to remove the large rough area's and rust , then use a buffing wheel and compound to bring back the shine and remove the small scratches. Thats what I did when working on the '72 a few months ago. Chrome looks like new!
If you keep it clean and polished, the rust won't come back and there is no need to use abrasives on it anymore. |
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