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.

Chrome doesn't rust. If your piece is rusty it is the steel under the
chrome that is rusting and that means the plating job was less than
stellar in the first place.

Chrome is hard (much harder than aluminum foil) but it is also porous.
Perhaps you have heard the phrase, "triple chrome plated"? That
doesn't mean three layers of chrome on the steel, it means a layer of
copper followed by a layer of nickel followed by the chrome. In your
case, it would seem the steel itself was chromed.

If you get it cleaned up - hint: chrome polish - nothing you do will
keep the steel from continuing to rust. Paste wax may slow it but it
*will* continue. Rechroming is probably not a viable solution due to
cost...the piece would have to be dechromed (no big deal) and the
steel ground down to remove all pitting before polishing and
replating. Big bucks.

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