chrome trim cleaning?

[Grantandrew2014]

Any guide on how to get the chrome wing mirror and door protectors back from the dead?
corrosion is starting to take hold as the last owner of my car didnt bother looking after it :/

[Clean Your Ride]

Funnily enough, exactly what I am doing right now







Also welcome to the club fellow Northerner 😉

[Euan]

I use that Auto Glym too ^

Cleaned my Dad's Chrysler 300c this afternoon and used this on all the chrome and it came out perfect

[Sean]

People actually call it chrome? That's cute *cough* Plastic *cough*

[Misshan]

Ohhhhh shineyyy!!

[Misshan]

I just use polish too

[Euan]

People actually call it chrome? That's cute *cough* Plastic *cough*

More chrome than a C2 will ever have lol

[Sean]

More chrome than a C2 will ever have lol

Not seen the one with the chrome roof?

[DaveB]

People actually call it chrome? That's cute *cough* Plastic *cough*

It may have a plastic base, but the visible surface is a very thin layer of chromium, most likely deposited by a vacuum metallisation process.

[Grantandrew2014]

just bought that polish, ill give it a good go on the "chrome" bits, ill try get some pictures of the bad bits tomorrow see if any of you guys can point me in the right direction of sorting it out

[Grantandrew2014]

and thanks for the welcome! doesn't seem to be many of us northern lot on here!

[Clean Your Ride]

ill try get some pictures of the bad bits tomorrow see if any of you guys can point me in the right direction of sorting it out

You have come to the right place 👍

[WTF]

and thanks for the welcome! doesn't seem to be many of us northern lot on here!

I'm up here!

[Grantandrew2014]

apologies form a newbie! :P still finding my way around, I'm new to forums... and french cars at that :cool:

[Auto Finesse]

As above,

Plastic chrome trim is best cleaned with a standard body work polish as a metal polish would be far to aggressive


Joe