Subject: RE: chrome and steel wool
Author: Tom Bowes
Date: Dec 7, 2001, 8:20 AM
Post ID: 1709098539
Ross,
I am not sure if your comments are an endorsement of the steel wool
method, or not. Personally, I have yet to see any chrome item that has
had the steel wool treatment come out anything but totally, and
permanently screwed up. Gary Cheek showed me a much better way to
restore moderately rusted chrome using a brass brush and Never Dull.
Comb the Never Dull wadding into the brush and then start scrubbing on
the chrome until the rust disappears. I have seen him do some items that
I would have sworn were going to have to go to the chrome shop, with
excellent results. Since he showed me this trick, I have used it many
times and recommend it highly. Granted, it is not as good as a rechrome
job, but where perfection is not warranted this provides a good
substitute.
Ross wrote:
| I keep seeing this mentioned, including on Ebay, that to clean up that "old chrome that has rust and pits" just take some mild steel wool to it. Chrome is a very thin layer over nickel, abrasives will only shorten the life of the chrome and expose the nickel. |
Tom
'70 (July '69) Ambassador
'82 V50-III
Shelby Township, Michigan