Dear Anonymous,
Congratulations on your great find.
I recently have had great success in removing light pitting from chrome (though rather slow going) by using 2000 grit sandpaper. It takes a light touch and persistence, but the result was quite satisfactory.
Good luck with it.
John Barry
Mechanicsburg, PA
> Got a Raleigh today, great shape if not all original
> parts (has old 27"
> Mod58 wheels, Dura-Ace brakes,a TA-style Zeus
> crankset and Rally
> derailer. All else appears original, 'cept the big
> "600" freewheel and
> EDCO headset).
>
> Not to complain, but my find is dampened a bit due
> to the appearance of
> the crome on fork and stays.
> First guess is it's not quite there anymore, not all
> of it. Kind of
> looks worn off, but I haven't touched anything but
> for some Liquid
> Wrench on the "dry red patina'd" dropout screws.
> Almost no rust where
> the chrome is/was.
>
> I'm looking for advice on how to salvage it's
> appearance, without
> removing any more of the remaining too-thin chrome.
>
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