bullwinkle
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I recently managed to splash wet concrete all over the back of my ute, when towing a trailer filled with concrete for the piers on my new shed. I managed to get it all off the tailgate (with a few dramas), but was worried about the chrome bar/step getting scratched.
I got some touch up paint made up as I will be giving the Nav a good tidy up over Christmas. Asked the bloke at the auto paint store the best thing for cleaning the chrome. He recommended a very fine grade steel wool - apparently that's what all the hot rodders use on their machines. So I got some from bunnings and very tentatively started rubbing. Simply amazing results. Removed the concrete with no scratches at all, while also removing the road grime, tar etc easily. The bar looks new.
Now the important thing about this is to get the fine stuff. It is graded from 0 (reasonably coarse) through to 0000, which is what I bought. It cost about 4 bucks for a roll which will probably last me a lifetime.
Interesting though it doesn't seem to work as well on the alloy bull bar and roll bars. I've only tried a small patch, but it looks like it takes the shine of these. I will try toput the shine back with some brasso, which is what I have used previously to clean the bullbar. I think it's because the alloy is a bit softer, so I'll let you know how the brasso goes.
Couldn't find a thread about this, although I can remember a discussion a while ago.
I got some touch up paint made up as I will be giving the Nav a good tidy up over Christmas. Asked the bloke at the auto paint store the best thing for cleaning the chrome. He recommended a very fine grade steel wool - apparently that's what all the hot rodders use on their machines. So I got some from bunnings and very tentatively started rubbing. Simply amazing results. Removed the concrete with no scratches at all, while also removing the road grime, tar etc easily. The bar looks new.
Now the important thing about this is to get the fine stuff. It is graded from 0 (reasonably coarse) through to 0000, which is what I bought. It cost about 4 bucks for a roll which will probably last me a lifetime.
Interesting though it doesn't seem to work as well on the alloy bull bar and roll bars. I've only tried a small patch, but it looks like it takes the shine of these. I will try toput the shine back with some brasso, which is what I have used previously to clean the bullbar. I think it's because the alloy is a bit softer, so I'll let you know how the brasso goes.
Couldn't find a thread about this, although I can remember a discussion a while ago.