Restoring chrome?

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Is there anyway to restore this chrome triming?
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I do know it is chrome since its leaving black residue on my towel. I tried mothers mag and aluminum polish with 0000 steel wool and it didnt do much. It looks really dull and i was wondering what would be the best product to use to bring this back to life? The chrome bumpers are also the same. Anything you guys recommend to tackle this?
 
perhaps a chrome specific polish ?? As I remember for blueing of chrome, Blu-job use to repair it and made it bling-bling.
 
Just be careful. Chrome is usually a three step process; the chromium, nickel, and copper layers in my brief experience are extremely thin.:dblthumb2:
 
Flash Gordon said:
Are you sure thats chrome Oscar?
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yes its chrome, i tried the mothers mag and aluminum polish with a polishing pad and the whole pad has black residue... im just wondering what i can use to really make it pop again.
 
Just because your pad turned black doesn't make it chrome. It can be aluminum
 
same for stainless . will turn pad black also . I just compounded and polished stainless . I was able to rid of lots of scratches and it shined it up like a mirror . I did a post on this
 
Looks like stainless steel to me. Did you try putting a Magnet on it? If not magnetic must be stainless. I used Ultimate polishing compound and mine door post are like a mirror. Yes it will turn pad black. I think "Poweraid" has it right.
 
That's not chrome man. Chrome wouldn't leave black residue unless it was just plain dirty. Looks like either stainless, or polished aluminum. My guess is stainless. Either way, they are both just as much of a pain in the ass to polish.

It's like aluminum...you gotta polish over and over again.
 
you can try an sos pad on your bumper this works sometimes we have tride it in our detailing shop
 
poweraid said:
same for stainless . will turn pad black also . I just compounded and polished stainless . I was able to rid of lots of scratches and it shined it up like a mirror . I did a post on this
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compound.... your right... i used compound long time ago on some trim like this and it worked wonders! im going to use some m105 and a mini wool pad with my drill and see what that does.
 
poweraid said:
same for stainless . will turn pad black also . I just compounded and polished stainless . I was able to rid of lots of scratches and it shined it up like a mirror . I did a post on this
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thanks Bobby g
 
swirl said:
you can try an sos pad on your bumper this works sometimes we have tride it in our detailing shop
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No. Keep the SOS for your pots!
93fox said:
compound.... your right... i used compound long time ago on some trim like this and it worked wonders! im going to use some m105 and a mini wool pad with my drill and see what that does.
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I have had very, very good luck polishing different metal (chrome, stainless, etc) with a small white wool pad and M105 on my rotary. Collinite Metal Wax is also another great product you can use after this step. You can put it on with a rotary and a small foam pad. It will shine like crazy!!
 
Thanks everyone for the tips! I guess you guys are right that it isnt chrome. I will give it a shot with compound and then the mothers aluminum polish. Thanks everyone!
 
Don't forget to come back and let us know how it turned out.
 
This works really well for restoring stainless:

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When used with this more aggressive polish:

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But, for what they'd cost, try your other choices first, particularly if you already own them. What is that trim on, exactly? If it's anodized aluminum, you've polished through the aluminum if it's turning black from the Mag Polish.
 
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