Chrome trim care

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mrjonchandler
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Post Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:24 am

Hi All,
Can anyone advise how to replenish the chrome door trim, the car has all faded and i would like to get it back to looking tiday again?
Thanks
Jon
octanejunkie
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Post Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:50 pm

Not much you can do about that i'm afraid. Due to it being stainless steel (i think). Once its stained and faded, its very difficult to bring the shine up again.
You could try a bit of Autosol. Someone once told me that toothpaste (don't laugh), works on metal trim 8O
Finally, i've used Autoglyms bumper treatment gel on it before to mask some of the tarnishing. Works quite well in the short term, but won't solve the problem for good.

Perhaps someone else on here might have a Viz top tip??