Like I said: Fine Cut Cleaner. I used some equivalent to polish brass for military inspection and no one had shinier brass. It looked almost silver. Chrome is just another metal. Fine Cut Cleaner on the end of a Dremel type tool with a polishing pad will be a lot quicker than jeweler's rouge. And follow up with wax for protection.
Stanley --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Theresa Hutchison <[email protected]> wrote: From: Theresa Hutchison <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] I'm gonna practice painting on side-panel's 1st To: [email protected] Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 8:35 AM Awesome! Thanks! On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: If you can find it "brass" wool works a little better. Pretty much the same as steel wool but it's softer so less chance of damaging the chrome. It does shine things right up, I've also used a brass wire-wheel in my dremel to get rust off of chrome. Polish with regular wax when you're done to keep it from re-rusting. -Kyle On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Theresa Hutchison <[email protected]> wrote: If it ends up that the rust does take off the chrome in tiny spots, is there some way to treat it or something you would put on it? I have seen a friend of mine use the jewelers rouge along with something else, I want to say mineral oil I think it was... it was definately alot of elbow grease. I sure appreciate your help! On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: No, just the steel wool. On 'blued' or discolored from heat or stains I used jeweler's rouge. It takes a lot of elbow grease but I have brought pipes back to pristine that were blue from heat. Unless the rust has taken off the chrome and is not just a spot here and there, it's incredible at how well you can restore it. On Jan 15, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Theresa Hutchison wrote: I can do that too. I have my trusty ole pocket knife right here ;) With this poor bike I'll be picking for a while... you think this will qualify me as a legitimate Picker and Grinner? ;) Do you use the steel wook in conjunction with anything else to reduce friction? Like soap or anything else? On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: No, fine doesn't, but try it in an obscure place first. If there are rust spots 'dots' I often just pick them off with a razor blade or point of a knife. On Jan 15, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Theresa Hutchison wrote: Really...??... I would have thought it would scratch up the chrome, it doesn't? On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: fine steel wool does a good job. On Jan 15, 2010, at 7:55 AM, Theresa Hutchison wrote: Speaking of painting and fixing up... Is there anyway to clean up the chrome after a bike has sat for YEARS...??? It's got little tiny rust sposts here and there and I'm really not sure what to do with it or if anything really can be done at all... ~Traccie On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: If I could get the fender's off easily I'd do them -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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