Best chrome cleaner / polish

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srmalek
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Post Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:34 pm

hi , what is the best way to restore/polish chrome? any diy tips

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snakebrain
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Post Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:10 pm

Brasso. And hard work. :D
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Post Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:54 am

gotta love autosol but dif prefrences for different people is the chrome in good condtion or ?
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Post Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:23 pm

chrome bumper slightly rust but i guess it can be polish off, other than brasso or auto sol?
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Post Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:36 pm

Autoglym metal polish. But if it's rusty, the chrome's already gone. No amount of polish will bring it back..
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:41 pm

ok, have u guys heard about using coca cola and aluminium foil? ive tried once seem like its does work and the other way round,
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Post Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:58 am

Another vote for Autosol and elbow grease!
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Post Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:56 pm

srmalek wrote:ok, have u guys heard about using coca cola and aluminium foil? ive tried once seem like its does work and the other way round,
saw that method opn myth buters
formally touringandy.............driving e30 320i touring and e39 535i
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Post Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:07 pm

srmalek wrote:ok, have u guys heard about using coca cola and aluminium foil? ive tried once seem like its does work and the other way round,

Eh?
Never heard of that! Please elaborate.....
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Post Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:16 am

autosol is good but it can scratch at times. i do have something else ( can recall the name) which is a bit more gentle
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Post Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:48 pm

Autosol do a liquid chrome cleaner as well as their famed paste type polish. Works very well.
I also have a tin of something called "PeeK", which is also very good.
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Post Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:13 pm

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Post Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:21 am

how about watermark on chrome, how to clean it?
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