Cleaning chrome tips

benelvin · Post by **benelvin** » Wed 23 May, 2007 06:19

The chrome tips on my exhaust are getting a bit filthy - can anyone tell me how I should go about making them shiny again?

bmwstuff · Post by **bmwstuff** » Wed 23 May, 2007 07:37

Try meguiars, they have a good chrome detailer.
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Post by **Robert T** » Wed 23 May, 2007 09:18

Not tried it on an exhaust (mine is black) but your $tealer should be able to flog you a tube of general purpose chrome polish for about £2. Seems to work quite well.

Cheers R.

benelvin · Post by **benelvin** » Wed 23 May, 2007 10:39

I'll give the meg's a try I reckon! Off to halfords I go...

estocks · Post by **estocks** » Wed 23 May, 2007 10:43

Chrome Polish?

che · Post by **che** » Wed 23 May, 2007 11:17

I use 'Brasso' on mine, works a treat

benelvin · Post by **benelvin** » Wed 23 May, 2007 11:48

I have some brasso already that I use for repairing scratched CD's - Maybe I'll give that a go first

bakstagesi · Post by **bakstagesi** » Wed 23 May, 2007 11:57

I always used Brasso on all the chrome on my Yammy Dragstar*, including the exhaust etc. I miss that machine.

Applied with a cloth and then polish with a piece of stockinnette (however you spell it), wrapped around the thing to be polished and then pulled back and forth, similar to how shoe-shiners of old might polish a shoe with a duster, if that makes any sense...

Si.

* it's a motorbike, and a japanese one at that

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muppet · Post by **muppet** » Wed 23 May, 2007 12:02

autosol and fine steel wool..suggested by my spanner man and worked a treat

SpunkyM · Post by **SpunkyM** » Wed 23 May, 2007 12:34

Autosol is the stuff I use. Makes Muppet happy.

muppet · Post by **muppet** » Wed 23 May, 2007 12:43

SpunkyM wrote:Autosol is the stuff I use. Makes Muppet happy.

..... SHINEY

smartypants · Post by **smartypants** » Wed 23 May, 2007 14:36

Only had my chrometips for a couple of months and not many weekend has gone by without a clean - and they are still getting difficult to come up sparkling!

So ben - what ever you find that works, post it up... i use just standard car polish which works quite well, but i am sure there are better ways

Will try Brasso

saltcoatsbhoy · Post by **saltcoatsbhoy** » Wed 23 May, 2007 20:48

I put a chrome tailpipe from Designerbeema on when I bought my car last July and the only bit that is slightly tarnished is the bottom lip. I use steel wool (brillo pad) with silver polish to rub off the carbon and just buff up the rest as described above. Every week is the key. It does set the car off tho'.

benelvin · Post by **benelvin** » Thu 24 May, 2007 06:49

smartypants wrote:Only had my chrometips for a couple of months and not many weekend has gone by without a clean - and they are still getting difficult to come up sparkling!

So ben - what ever you find that works, post it up... i use just standard car polish which works quite well, but i am sure there are better ways

Will try Brasso

Will do