Chrome cleaning question
#21
RE: Chrome cleaning question
ORIGINAL: Bradley
Eagle One brand Never Dull. It looks like cotton wadding, but the more you rub the brighter it shines. My triple trees look like chrome. It really doesn't take that long. Be careful using regular chrome polish, it is too abrasive for the softer metals. It was leaving little scratches in my triple trees before I went to the Never Dull.
Eagle One brand Never Dull. It looks like cotton wadding, but the more you rub the brighter it shines. My triple trees look like chrome. It really doesn't take that long. Be careful using regular chrome polish, it is too abrasive for the softer metals. It was leaving little scratches in my triple trees before I went to the Never Dull.
Todd
#22
RE: Chrome cleaning question
The largest supplier of aluminum in the world also has some of the best products to clean it and protect it. ALCOA.
Get their spray on sealer, all the truckers use it on their wheels. You can go 6 months without having to polish with Mother's. Just touch up the shine with ALCOA's PDQ Brightener between full polish jobs.
I had a snowmobile with a natural aluminum tunnel I kept polished. That's a harsh enviroment, but it shined all season.
The biggest place I have seen it work is on my truck. F250 Crew Cab with Weld Wheels. The wheels are 7 years old, been on the truck since new. 130,000 miles, 1/2 of which are in the salt and crud of a Michigan winter. Still shine!
ALCOA Products
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Get their spray on sealer, all the truckers use it on their wheels. You can go 6 months without having to polish with Mother's. Just touch up the shine with ALCOA's PDQ Brightener between full polish jobs.
I had a snowmobile with a natural aluminum tunnel I kept polished. That's a harsh enviroment, but it shined all season.
The biggest place I have seen it work is on my truck. F250 Crew Cab with Weld Wheels. The wheels are 7 years old, been on the truck since new. 130,000 miles, 1/2 of which are in the salt and crud of a Michigan winter. Still shine!
ALCOA Products
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#23
RE: Chrome cleaning question
So let me ask you guys something...
In the year I've owned my bike, I've yet to polish the few chrome pieces I have (pipes, bars, rear fender dohickeys). In between washes, I take a little Windex, clean them off, then rub them with a soft cloth till that hazy film goes away - similar to buffing, I guess. Is this adequate? I've never owned anything with chrome so I really have no idea. I have several polishing compounds that I bought early on, but, since the chrome parts look good without them*, I never bothered using them. I have polished the aluminum parts a couple of times.
Whiff
*All except my (aftermarket) rear view mirrors which are pitted to hell.
In the year I've owned my bike, I've yet to polish the few chrome pieces I have (pipes, bars, rear fender dohickeys). In between washes, I take a little Windex, clean them off, then rub them with a soft cloth till that hazy film goes away - similar to buffing, I guess. Is this adequate? I've never owned anything with chrome so I really have no idea. I have several polishing compounds that I bought early on, but, since the chrome parts look good without them*, I never bothered using them. I have polished the aluminum parts a couple of times.
Whiff
*All except my (aftermarket) rear view mirrors which are pitted to hell.
#24
RE: Chrome cleaning question
ORIGINAL: Whiffleboy
So let me ask you guys something...
In the year I've owned my bike, I've yet to polish the few chrome pieces I have (pipes, bars, rear fender dohickeys). In between washes, I take a little Windex, clean them off, then rub them with a soft cloth till that hazy film goes away - similar to buffing, I guess. Is this adequate? I've never owned anything with chrome so I really have no idea. I have several polishing compounds that I bought early on, but, since the chrome parts look good without them*, I never bothered using them. I have polished the aluminum parts a couple of times.
Whiff
*All except my (aftermarket) rear view mirrors which are pitted to hell.
So let me ask you guys something...
In the year I've owned my bike, I've yet to polish the few chrome pieces I have (pipes, bars, rear fender dohickeys). In between washes, I take a little Windex, clean them off, then rub them with a soft cloth till that hazy film goes away - similar to buffing, I guess. Is this adequate? I've never owned anything with chrome so I really have no idea. I have several polishing compounds that I bought early on, but, since the chrome parts look good without them*, I never bothered using them. I have polished the aluminum parts a couple of times.
Whiff
*All except my (aftermarket) rear view mirrors which are pitted to hell.
Todd
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