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posted on March 1st, 2004 at 10:18 AM
Cleaning Chrome a Cheaper Method


Well hello, Saw this tip on the samba forums, cleaning chrome with coke and aluminium Foil, bs I thought , well it works, very well. At $1.50 for a bottle its a cheap cleaner :D

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simply pour a small amount of coke, use the foil to clean the chrome, leave it to dry a little and clean with a cloth,

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posted on March 1st, 2004 at 12:23 PM


makes u realise how good coke has to be for your stomach lining:P



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posted on March 1st, 2004 at 01:13 PM


so if i start eating some aluminium foil my stomach will look like that???? lol



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posted on March 1st, 2004 at 09:53 PM


hahaha
after the weekend i just had would have been proberly heather to do that:puke




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posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 10:21 AM
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Just in case there are younger people out there, in the seventys( oh! what years) we used to put pennys in a glass of coke come back in the morning and it was eaten away, nothing left. Well must go change my plastic bag, I think my stomachs full.......



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posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 11:06 AM


does not seem to work well cleaning upholstery:alien makes it sticky
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posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 11:57 AM


great tip sky i asume that you scrub with the alfoil :)
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posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 12:47 PM


I was also wondering whether you scrunch up the foil or use it flat?



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posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 01:24 PM


Try Vanilla Coke, you wouldn't want to drink it anyway :P
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posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 02:49 PM


hihi, some people think soda water does the same thing, might give it a go as it wouldn't leave it sticky. yeah just use the foil to scrub.
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thumbup.gif posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 02:57 PM
Wax is still tops for chrome protection....


Back in the 60s, I can remember people using coke in the washing machine to wash greasy overalls...
I wonder if they ever had ants in the washing machine??
With Chrome, I still prefer the old way, a good bottle of turtle wax or any wax will do... and cutting compound No1 is good if there are any rusty marks on it.. and the wax protects the chrome, even Brazillian chrome [so long as You apply it each day before breakfast...] and no ants either...

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