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My new favorite chrome polish, whats is yours?

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Finally riding a big boys bike
My new favorite chrome polish, what is yours?

I had recently stumbled across this polish and was using it on cymbals with great results and was much less expensive than cymbal polish so I thought I would get it a try on chrome. It is Meguiars #49 oxidation remover for Marine & RV use. I use a cotton cloth and it does not take any effort to see the results. After application I rinse/neutralize with a mild soap and water solution before applying some wax. Here are the results. The product was bought at a local Fleet Farm.
 

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Meguiar works well for me too, I use the rubbing compound product.
I have some chrome stuff that's lost some of its chrome, this stuff kinda hides the blemish.
Keeps my worksman wheels looking like new, there 10yrs old.
Works well with all my metal stuff.

Ray
 

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my new favorite chrome polish

ALUMINUM FOIL, I rescued this 1980 suburban from the trash started to clean it up for my sister,noticed i was out of brass wool so i decided to try the aluminum foil method works better and faster than brass wool even where the chrome is completely missing the foil gets deeper into the pits and removes nearly all the rust and much cheeper

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I've been using Flitz lately on EVERYTHING. Chrome, Paint, Alloy, etc. The most recent AFTER photo I have is this Raleigh that I picked up at a local Flea Market. It was your typical garage find bike with a bit of surface rust on most of the chrome and oxidized paint.

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1965 Raleigh by VW Sightings, on Flickr

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1965 Raleigh by VW Sightings, on Flickr
 
I think

simichrome has abrasive
Flitz does not
RUBBING COMPOUND is very coarse and will leave marks.
Polisihg compound it finer but still much more coarse than simi
 
I don't know what Flitz has in it, but it still removes some material be it from dissolving or abrasion. I think it has some rust dissolving properties and leaves a protectant film behind (from what I've read about it). So far I like it a lot!
 
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