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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Michael Trew  wrote   
   > AMuzi wrote   
   >> Michael Trew wrote   
   >>> The Real Bev wrote   
      
   >>>> My grandma never learned to drive, but she scrubbed the   
   >>>> whitewalls until   
   >>>> they looked brand new. She also cleaned the chrome with   
   >>>> steel wool. You   
   >>>> guys remember chrome, right? Back when bumpers didn't need   
   >>>> to have their   
   >>>> broken plastic covers replaced at $hundreds/each.   
   >>>   
   >>> The vehicles that I have with chrome bumpers have rust   
   >>> scattered on parts of the chrome. I'll have to see if steel   
   >>> wool cleans that up.   
   >>   
   >> For surface discoloration use a chrome polish. Steel wool will leave   
   >> micro scratches and hence rust faster.   
   >>   
   >> Where the chrome is broken or blistered, sand back to clean metal, acid   
   >> wash, primer and chrome spray paint (I assume you don't want to have   
   >> them stripped polished and re plated)   
   >   
   > Nah, not re-plated on an old beater.  Both are common 4 door sedans from   
   > the 60's/70's or beat up pick up trucks, original and worn, shot   
   > suspension, etc.  Could be restored, but an unlikely candidate, and I   
   > don't have the money.  It's just fun to drive around town.   
      
   > People  always honk and wave now when you roll down the road in a 60's   
   > car.   
      
   Doesn't happen here, but we aren't honkys.   
      
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