Dulling Chrome

[Boris]

Need to dull chrome on front hub to match the almost pewter look of the rear hub. Question will an etching cream like the type used on windows give me a nice even dulled down result? I'd rather ask here first rather than waste the money on a product that I don't need.

 

[Andrew Gorman]

Dirt works great for me, and it is reversible.

 

[island schwinn]

I used to use Scotchbrite pads to dull chrome on a few harleys back in the day.

 

[GTs58]

Steel wool or a course scotch brite will for sure dull chrome to a certain extent. Then maybe buff out with a very course rubbing compound or install a hub shiner and then ride it for a few thousand miles.

 

[Duck]

I'd give it a mild acid bath- results will be consistent and scratch-free.

 

[bairdco]

Just have a conversation with it.

 

[SJ_BIKER]

use steel wool?

 

[Robertriley]

I'd give it a mild acid bath- results will be consistent and scratch-free.

Duck is correct, I learned the hard way once.

 

[Boris]

Steel wool will only dull the chrome mildly. I've tried a scotchbrite pad as suggested, it dulled the chrome a bit more aggressively, but it didn't give me the quite the finish that I'm looking for. The CABE member in this thread that made a most astute observation as to how a hub might be dulled by me, offered to sandblast one, hopefully that will do the trick.

 

[Boris]

I'd give it a mild acid bath- results will be consistent and scratch-free.

What type of acid?