metal polishing

[djinuk]

I have a few chrome items in the bay that have got scratches etc, taht the good ol autosol cant remove. Ive heard about people using wet/dry sand paper to remvoe scratches, anybody got a run down of some grades to try etc, i dont have any kind of buffer so gota be done by hand.

All advice appreciated.

[Mudslinger]

i spent ages using the meguires metal polish on my plenum and strutt brace ,came up really nice by hand so i thought , a m8 popped round with his PC buffer and gave it a quick going over using the megs polish , what a difference :cool:

[tiff_lee]

Perhaps this guide will help, although the guy is polishing aluminium

http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=113

[Brigsy]

Apart from getting the chrome parts re-plated there's not a lot you can do mate, sanding will make it worse & possibly go through to the metal.

If it was alloy you could rub it down with 1500/2000 wet & dry & buff it up though.

Edit - Also silvo metal polish, the wadding type works better than autosol on chrome & cheaper too.

[stuTHC]

Brasso ;)

[clee]

Brasso mixed with some paraffin ;);)