A list member kindly mentioned that a product called Quik-Glo polish was good chrome. Google can't find it - anyone know if its available in the UK?
Stewart Barrie
London, UK
> In a message dated 2/3/02 8:01:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
garrison@efn.org
> writes:
>
>
> > > I've got a 79 Colnago with a lot of chrome on it. I plan to have it
> > resprayed, but I've had a look at the prices for rechroming and its not
> > cheap. Any tips for cleaning up chrome at home. I've got some light
surface
> > rust on the b/b shell?
> >
> > Try extensive use of the woven fibers of ferric sheep (steel wool).
> >
>
> I have found that using even light steel wool on old chrome removes chrome
> that would be best left in place. I use instead a product Dale
recommended
> to me, called Quik-Glo polish. Though it doesn't work at all on aluminum,
it
> removes the "bled" part of the rust spots from any chromed part, leaving
the
> remaining chrome intact.
>
> After polishing with Quik-Glo (which requires NO use of force or serious
> pressure), I tend to coat really pitted chrome with boiled linseed oil to
> keep the pits from re-spreading their destruction. Maybe something else,
like
> a wax, would work even better ?
>
> Only expensive rechroming Really works. Chrome is stupid on bicycles.
>
> Glenn Jordan - Durham, NC (30 miles on my Miyata fixed gear today)