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Old Jan 27th, 2021, 06:58   #3
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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby View Post
Cooking foil! Scrunch it up shiny side out, dip it in water and rub the chrome bumpers! Amazingly it works, the shiny comes off the foil and fills the pits and being a slightly rough surface, it removes the flakes of rust at the same time.

A gentle polish with Solvol after and (i haven't tried the next step) then a coat of clear lacquer will have it looking like new.

It's a cheap enough method to experiment with to find your best technique and can revive chrome bumpers, tailpipe trims (that's what i tried it on), bike wheels and so on.
Thanks Dave but they’re anodised aluminium so does the old alfoil work on it as well as chrome?
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