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Removing Rust from Chrome before painting
Amra:
cant stress the "soft dirt" enough, lol....
HeadRusch:
Yeah I did it a little quickly :)
To be fair, it was coming off with the jewelers rouge....but it was going to take forever to get those "really nasty pits" taken care of, and I just got lazy.
The chrome paint I put over the existing surface chrome (and rust) seems to be adhering pretty well.....I think if I do paint them again, I'll use one of Rustoleums hard Industrial strength Enamels...those dry thick and hard and are pretty difficult to chip....We shall see.
wee beastie:
You can use "fullers earth" instead of dirt. It's a supper fine powder that they use for dry cleaning. You can pick it up at a pet store. Just ask for "chincilla bath" it's a dust like substance that chinchillas scrub themselves with to stay clean.
HeadRusch:
mmmm...Chinchillaa....... ;D
DeathMonk:
Aluminum foil will remove rust from chrome AND polish it to a pretty good shine.. Try it, you'll like it! :)