Polish chrome bumper

[Mildphil]

I just picked this bumper up from the junk yard, but after taking off the license plate holder, there is an obvious difference between the brilliance of the chrome. I don't plan on putting the license plate holder back on. Any reccomendations on how to polish the bumper will be appreciated.

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[someotherguy]

Probably any polish and sufficient elbow grease will get it looking good, but my choice is Wenol (red tube) - it's practically magic. Those foam drill attachments can save you some work, too, but they're a little pricey. I wouldn't get that unless you have some bare aluminum wheels to polish, too.

Richard

 

[Mildphil]

Probably any polish and sufficient elbow grease will get it looking good, but my choice is Wenol (red tube) - it's practically magic. Those foam drill attachments can save you some work, too, but they're a little pricey. I wouldn't get that unless you have some bare aluminum wheels to polish, too.

Richard

I've never heard of wenol, but I do have bare aluminum rims that may benefit from it. How does it stack up against mothers mag& aluminum polish?

 

[Mildphil]

I've never heard of wenol, but I do have bare aluminum rims that may benefit from it. How does it stack up against mothers mag& aluminum polish?

Update: I did some research and people swear by wenol for chrome and aluminum. From what I read, mothers was inadequate for good chrome polishing.

 

[kennythewelder]

White diamond metal polish. Just look at my aluminum tail gate banner, and rims

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[kennythewelder]

White diamond metal polish. Just look at my aluminum tail gate banner, and rims

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[kennythewelder]

White diamond metal polish. Just look at my aluminum tail gate banner, and rims.

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[Mildphil]

White diamond metal polish. Just look at my aluminum tail gate banner, and rims.

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Wow that's like a mirror, I like it. I polished my rims a few months ago but they are going to need some TLC soon.

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[kennythewelder]

Wow that's like a mirror, I like it. I polished my rims a few months ago but they are going to need some TLC soon.

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Get some white diamond metal polish. Its just over $15 a bottle, but a little goes a long way. You wont be disapointed. Use the white diamond as a final step. My rims were only done with white diamond. My tail gate banner, I buffed out first with some triple and then white jewelers rouge, on a cotton pad buff. Kind of like what you have done with your drill. Then the white diamond. I have also done some work under my hood. The AC compressor, and alt, I sanded, and buffed first, but the AC lines, I only did with white diamond. I am still on my first bottle of white diamond.

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[Mildphil]

Get some white diamond metal polish. Its just over $15 a bottle, but a little goes a long way. You wont be disapointed.

I may just get that and wenol, I'll find uses for them. I had mothers sitting around and it definitely is not suited for chrome. It cleans it up well, but the chrome is just too hard for it to really work.

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[Mildphil]

Get some white diamond metal polish. Its just over $15 a bottle, but a little goes a long way. You wont be disapointed. Use the white diamond as a final step. My rims were only done with white diamond. My tail gate banner, I buffed out first with some triple and then white jewelers rouge, on a cotton pad buff. Kind of like what you have done with your drill. Then the white diamond. I have also done some work under my hood. The AC compressor, and alt, I sanded, and buffed first, but the AC lines, I only did with white diamond. I am still on my first bottle of white diamond.

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Damn, that looks like a show car shine. What do you mean by "triple" ?

 

[Hipster]

I may just get that and wenol, I'll find uses for them. I had mothers sitting around and it definitely is not suited for chrome. It cleans it up well, but the chrome is just too hard for it to really work.

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Chrome is a different animal then polishing aluminum. Mothers Mag polish is too abrasive for chrome. Though Mothers does have a product for chrome that's excellent and the ONLY product I will use on bikes. Your basically sanding the surface with the mag polish. In your first photos I can see reflections clearly and the after photo the reflections are blurry. It's very hard to get chrome back once you dull it.

I clean chrome bumpers with 000 steel wool and windex then the Mothers chrome polish.