cleanning chrome
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cleanning chrome
Does anybody have any home grown recipes to clean up my chrome peaces? They are in good shape just need a little tlc. and still wondering about the color of the letters on the valve cover I'm thinking red. Also there are 2 differant sets of the horns that got you all goin on ebay under the vintage area, one double set and onde single set. Latter Casey.
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Aluminum foil and Coke. No really wad up some foil in a loose ball pour a 2litre in a bucket and scrub it shiny again. Be careful on potmetal and anodized aluminum parts. Try it on a test piece first. I had an old bodyman tell me this and I didn't believe him so I tried it on an old mirror that had turned green and pitted. I was amazed at how well it cut the green haze and brought back the shine. I tried it on a grill (anodized aluminum) and it stripped the anodizing and left a dull but clean aluminum finish.
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http://http://oldschoolbmx.com/community/index.php?showtopic=4004702&hl=oxalic
Check the link above. Many bike restorers use oxalic acid with excellent results. I have tried it myself and was very pleased with the results.
Check the link above. Many bike restorers use oxalic acid with excellent results. I have tried it myself and was very pleased with the results.
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Steel wool, and or a combination of steel wool and chrome polish or polishing compound or something along those lines.
You can buy steel wool in a variety of different gauges/thickness/sizes or however they rate it. Its pretty cheap at the local hardware store. Even without any polishing compound the steel wool all by itself will do a fantastic job on chrome and glass
Bobby
You can buy steel wool in a variety of different gauges/thickness/sizes or however they rate it. Its pretty cheap at the local hardware store. Even without any polishing compound the steel wool all by itself will do a fantastic job on chrome and glass
Bobby
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I have used steel wool of "0000" fine. It works great and when used with a chrome polish like Harley"Blue Job" fantastic. make sure you wash in soapy water and dry..or the left over particles of steel wool will rust. Then polish again with a hard wax.
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Another old school trick...
I had a 55 Poncho that was painted long ago..so no clear coated urethane here...
But scrubbed the paint( green with white roof) with household cleaner called "Bonami"
it is like comet but of a finer size abrassive. Man the paint cleaned up very nice. Rewashed and waxed and it looked awesome.
I had a 55 Poncho that was painted long ago..so no clear coated urethane here...
But scrubbed the paint( green with white roof) with household cleaner called "Bonami"
it is like comet but of a finer size abrassive. Man the paint cleaned up very nice. Rewashed and waxed and it looked awesome.
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