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rusty chrome wheels
Blue3 - January 29th, 2009 at 02:27 PM

Hi all. The chrome wheels on my daily-driver Type 3 are pitted and keep getting surface rust on them. When I polish them with autosol they come up good enough for me (for a while) - shiny but with some tiny black marks on them where I have sanded the rust back or with tiny raised points where I didn't. Anyone know if there is anything I can do to get rid of the rust and stop it spreading while still keeping the good chrome shinning through? Is there a rust converter that will stick to the rust but not the chrome? Or a clear "lacquer" that will stop the rust spreading? I don't really have the $ for re-chroming them and I'd prefer not to powder-coat them. Thanks guys. Great forum by the way.


greedy53 - January 29th, 2009 at 02:40 PM

well sounds crazy but i had the same problem years ago and was told to use bees wax after the polish it's a polist also so i tryed it keep them nice for a long time when i polished again did the sAME FINISH WITH BEES WAX
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