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Location: Alvin, Texas | Has any one try to polish refinish their interior chrome on their cars? What are your recommendations or hacks? I’m trying to avoid chrome plating. Here are some quick videos. Starting out with steering wheel horn button on a 1958 Plymouth Belvedere.
https://youtu.be/nqimOhDSv3M
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For the really rough stuff, with some water:
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| steel wool! no! pitting is damage man... rechrome or chrome paint... do not think you can chrome paint ever at home(they are scam sellers)... no "home chrome system works"..
only chrome paint i use is Cosmichrome...
Have to find a local guy hopefully who does it.
https://goldtouchinc.com/social/#206177715
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | mikes2nd - 2020-09-11 11:55 AM
steel wool! no! pitting is damage man... rechrome or chrome paint...
Can't disagree. Re-chroming is the best but sometimes it isn't in the cards/budget and you gotta do what you can.
I just used the SOS, Quick-Glo, Autosol and Mothers Metal Polish routine on a chromed-tubing Art Deco chair (from the late 1930's) that I bought site-unseen and found out that the chrome was a little rougher than perfect when it arrived home. I might disassemble it and get it chromed someday but in the meantime, the chrome shines enough that you don't notice the pitting until you touch the tubing with your hand.
I presume that the chrome paint requires 100% smooth surface whereas the plating process allows some of the pits to be removed by sanding and then plating with copper, etc. and then buffing before the nickel and chrome are plated on.
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Location: Blythewood, SC | Never Dull, Flitz, 3m swirl mark remover have all worked for me. |
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Location: Ponder, TX | I have used "Muggy Weld" to fill pits in pot metal, but it is labor intensive as the pit corrosion must be removed with a small grinder before the repair metal will flow. The repair will polish much like chrome, but I wanted my parts to look better, so had them chrome plated. My plater was satisfied with my repairs, so their chroming price was considerably less than if they had to clean all the pits.
Honestly, I wouldn't do it again as the Muggy Weld is not cheap, and I'd rather pay the experts to do it right the first time. I even had them plate the stainless trim around the windows since it was such a pain to polish the stains out.
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Location: Alvin, Texas | Hello everyone! I hope all of y’all are doing good! I was told about the steel wool method by an elder. He said it could clean rust off chrome and clean it and make it shine. I think he also said you can use it on windows. Have any of talked tried it?
So I cleaned my Chrome steering wheel horn button with super fine grade #0000 steel wool from Walmart. It took all the greenish crud that was on it. Then I used Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish to give it nicer shine. To me it looks so much better and brighter. Anyone want to see a quick YouTube video of my results? |
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Interior chrome detailing?
