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Re: restoring chrome trim

To: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@erols.com>,
Subject: Re: restoring chrome trim
From: "John Hobson" <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:43:55 -0000
So do you just rub the foil over the chrome?  Is it a long lasting finish or
something that needs doing regularly?

cheers
John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@erols.com>
To: "Laura Gharazeddine" <Laura.G@141.com>
Cc: "John Hobson" <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; "Spitfires mailing list"
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: restoring chrome trim


> It really shines up nasty looking chrome.  Learned about this combo
> years ago when I got my first motorcycle (they've got far too much
> chrome).  Hit the rusted fork tubes and such with steel wool to knock
> out the pits, then burnish it up nice with the aluminum foil.  A poor
> kid could always snag one of moms SOS pads and a piece of foil. :-)
>
> Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
>
> > > Very fine steel wool & aluminum foil.
> >
> > What's the aluminum foil for?
> >
> > Laura G.


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