Any tips on cleaning polished/chrome?
Any tips on cleaning polished/chrome? I am working on an old SBC and it has a chrome intake, valve covers, and waterpump. The car has been neglected and the chrome/polish is very dirty. I tried some polish and a powerball but it wont get down into the small pits. You guys have any tips on getting this stuff clean?
you need to identify what is chrome plated and what is polished. metal polish could scratch the chrome and chrome polish won't do **** to dirty polished aluminum.
got any pics of the problems? if you are having a hard time getting into crevices, I would take a variable speed dremel type tool, put a little baby buff on it and run it in those areas at the lowest speed setting. that'll work ok unless its really some bad corrosion/dirt then you're not going to get very far with re sanding the metal and re polishing it. if the chrome is damaged beyond cleaning off surface corrosion, it would need to be re plated.
got any pics of the problems? if you are having a hard time getting into crevices, I would take a variable speed dremel type tool, put a little baby buff on it and run it in those areas at the lowest speed setting. that'll work ok unless its really some bad corrosion/dirt then you're not going to get very far with re sanding the metal and re polishing it. if the chrome is damaged beyond cleaning off surface corrosion, it would need to be re plated.
