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Default Protecting (and cleaning) chrome

Don Wiss wrote:
I have a glass table with chrome sawhorse legs. I haven't polished them in
20 years. As the table is dismantled I want to take the opportunity to
clean them.

I'm using Noxon. It is very slow going. It takes a lot of rubbing to get
the rust off. I'm thinking a Dobie sponge, maybe with the sponge removed,
would be better.

But my big question is after I get it all clean just what can I do to keep
it from rusting again? Some sort of wax? Doing some google searching I find
that Mother's Chrome Polish claims to protect. I bought the all-purpose
Noxon as I did not find anything in the store that was chrome specific. But
then I did not go to an automotive store.

So what do people here suggest I do?

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).


you might want to post to an automotive group for ideas; polishing old
chrome is a common automotive task

I have heard that crumpled up aluminum foil will help quite a bit, try
using that instead of a rag for inital polishing.

nate

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