Hello Guys and Gals,
I was just wondering, is there an easy way of cleaning up chrome on your bike? After I got caught in the rain last time, the chrome was a right pain to get all clean again.
So any easy ways or tips on cleaning up the chrome?
Cheers :)
Adz :)
p.s. had my first night ride tonight, was good
theres lots of new chemicals to clean chrome ace but i still find Duraglit works fine its been around for donkeys and lasts forever dead easy to use and good results !
When I had my old Yamaha 750, it was chrome every where, the bike had been locked away in a garage for years only 200 miles in 10 years ..............hence it was in a bit of state, I bought Autosol Chrome Polish from Halfords £5.99 for 75g. You can either hand polish or use a polishing head on a drill like I did works wonders lol and if you have a dremel you can get into all the corners as well..... it works well...... if you get any pitting on forks in the compression range if it is only a small spec you can use a very fine wet and dry on it with wd 40 it may save your seals....but don't do any more than the spec of pitting area..... then polish it like mad...
I used to put wd 40 on a cloth and coat it a little to keep it in good nick and prevent the rust getting in on it...old bikes crap crome.... lol
like it mate spray it on then problem solved..... actually there is a good way of keeping all bikes good, you clean it immaculately until even all polish is of the get it sprayed with acf 50 used on military jets etc, it is a thin coating that expels water and prevents corrosion,alternatively get someone else to do it for you
check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=F9vQYaynqtg
warhed mine was painted matt black all over i hate it much rarther be able to polish for a while and have a good result than clean it and it still looks st ! when ive finnished
I find the best stuff if chrome is bad or pipes starting to turn blue etc is a cleaner in powder form that you make into a paste and apply then polish off,,,exspensive ,,,about £10-12 for a little tub....its called "BLUE-JOB"
For a quick clean on good chrome a tube of "Auto Glym metal polish" does the job...
craig....
On a serious note,,,,Blue -Job is excellent,,,just dont use if windy outside as it is in powder form,,,you get an applicator which you wet to make a paste to apply,,,,for anyone with pipes that are going blue or have burnt rubber etc on them ,,,try this........comes in a tub slighter larger than a tin of shoe polish!!!!craig
To clean up rusty chrome use scrunched up tin foil dunked in coke, yes *coke.
Apparently it works but I'm a bit dubious meself, wouldn't the foil scratch the chrome?
*if coke can get rid of rust on chrome just think what it must do to your innards after you've had a drink of it
The human stomach naturally contains hydrochloric acid which is more acidic then coke, so drinking normal quantities does no harm there. It's more your teeth that you need to worry about."Tin foil" is actually aluminium which is a much softer metal than chromium, so it's unlikely to scratch it. Coke is quite acidic, so it doesn't surprise me that it can clean off rust. Commercial "rust eaters" are often based on hydrochloric acid. I've got lots of rusty chrome Triumph parts, I'll give the coke and tin foil a try.
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