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Whats the best way to put a little shine back in some old chrome?

I gave it a rub with metho, which workd a bit, but there must be something better.

Cheers
Greg

Quite a few ways. Heres two I use.

Autosol.
And a chrome polish that looks like cotton wool (can't remember the name ).
Or you can try many of the other products offered by Mothers, Meguiars etc...or Soapy Steel wool.

Polishing kits from hardware stores work well on some of the more stubborn stains, on the chrome that is

DR, is that cotton wool stuff called brite shine? it comes in a yellow tin? i use it, its great!
autosol is ok but a bit course, mothers aluminium polish is a good one too.
I wouldnt use steel wool, to course, even the soapy ones can leave little scratches

You can buy ultrafine steel wool, I think it's called 000 grade ??. It's used in furniture restoration to strip back old Shellac varnish and clean up old dirt etc etc.

I have some here and it's a lot finer than ordinary kitchen grade steel wool.

Matter of fact, it's that fine you could probably wipe ya bum with it and leave no scratches!! .

Available from hardware stores and furtiture resto places.

According to Bursons, this is the best stuff on the market:

http://www.californiacustom.com/purple_ ... olish.html

Bought a bottle, but haven't tried it yet...

for initial clean/polish i use mothers aluminium polish, then finish with meguiers nxt generation alloy polish. i find the mothers cleans off stains easier but the nxt generation gives a really clean DEEP shine.
luke.

webrake4bricabrac wrote:According to Bursons, this is the best stuff on the market:

http://www.californiacustom.com/purple_ ... olish.html

Bought a bottle, but haven't tried it yet...

I have seen this stuff used and it is great , Trev .

mythbusters: coke and alluminium foil

ratbox wrote:mythbusters: coke and alluminium foil

and ground unicorn horn

ratbox wrote:mythbusters: coke and alluminium foil

Yipp - so very true & one of the many uses for coke - including cleaning your engine & toilet - & we drink the s**t

blue ute wrote:

ratbox wrote:mythbusters: coke and alluminium foil

Yipp - so very true & one of the many uses for coke - including cleaning your engine & toilet - & we drink the s**t

Yeah and some people snort it through a straw

At work we use mothers aluminium polish. It works well on the alloy coating at work, the other polishes work good to, just a personal choise I guess

i nead something strong for my dipstick
got it chromed .....
but every time i get it out its covered in oil????