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Any suggestions/tricks on how its best to clean/replenish chrome - other then redoing it (no time for it)??
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Phil, is the chrome dead, slightly rusted or just tired looking? If the chrome has very mild surface rust give it a light ( and I mean light so it doesn't scratch ) hit with a wet soapy steel wool pad. Preferably one that has been used a bit so it's not
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Hi Phil,
You may just have years of built up road grime on the chrome bumpers. With a bit of elbow grease, I cleaned mine up a real treat with " SILVO ". Only do a small patch at a time with "Silvo" on a clean flannelette shirt, and clean off excess wi
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Well my ingenious smash repairer who claimed to be a great panel beater figured my perfectly new bumpers looked nicer painted silver...so the bumpers i don't have to worry about for now. (Read this as a very pi$$ed off comment!)
All i am doing is the s
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You can buy different grades of steel wool at hardware stores. It comes in very coarse grades (like the kitchen/pot scourer stuff) down to VERY fine grades.
You can also try Coke (Mythbusters reckon it works a treat) or Autosol is good too.
Cheers..
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Thanks Guys,
Best results came from an old cotton sheet and autosol. The coke worked...but didn't buff up as well. Good to hear from another mythbusters fan!
4 more sleeps and getting very nervous!! No issues with the wedding - jsut hoping the car
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