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How the Goose was cooked / polishing thread - cup of tea read

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CustardLips:
Great Work. Got a few bits that need sorting. Need to get crackin'.  :daumenhoch:

Mamba:
Excellent work mate, at the end of the day if you do want the high polish finish you can't beat elbow grease and plenty of patience!

I never used knife blades to cut the worst parts before, may try that. In all honesty I did use Brillo/Soap pads to cut the worst off and then fine grade wire wool with Autosol for bad chrome. Worked a treat on a '78 Daimler Rad Grille.

The silvercloth makes perfect sense too, I never used that. Will defo give that a go for the final very fine polishing. Cheers for the tips> :daumenhoch:

jT Racing:
If you buy a thing of super fine wire wool and a big thing of wd40 you will get the job done quick and well, finish off with a proper rub and buff with brasso and it will gleam like a gleaming thing.

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
brasso is too harsh and can dull more than it shines on chrome  ;)

ratty67vw:
nice work bendy  :daumenhoch: .
what do you reckon my chances are of makeing this shine again

 

its the centurion that i got off evil bay the frame was chrome but has been sanded down and painted blue .i stripped off the paint but the sander marks are quite deep
and it looks like the chrome has been polished through in places

 
 

its a pitty they painted it as the frame is in great conditon no rust or pitting at all

 

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