Anyone a chrome polishing expert?

I have an new/old bumper that I purchased from a guy on Ebay. Said it was an 8.5 out of 10. Well, it nice but has 2 small pits and the usual but minor haze from small scratches. Is their anything I could use (compound of sorts) to buff this to look its best. I though about using my dremmel with buffer attachment (25,000 rpm). I would do the same with the deluxe bumper guards that came with the bumper as they have the similar scratches. Do I need to be concerned about anything because I am using a high RPM buffing tool (ie chiping, corners et.al).

Any expertise I would greatly appreciate.

Thanks

Curt

I have had excellent results with turtle wax chrome polish in a plastic bottle. Available anywhere. I would not use the dremel as it spins way to fast. For polishing buffing, you really need to spin at about 1200 RPM. Besides, the polishing done be people who chrome parts in completely done before the chrome process. Like paint, the finish results is in the prep. A pit is a surface imperfection. You may have some success however that will depend on the quality of the chrome work. With a poor chrome job, the plating may just peel off!

Be careful and have some fun trying different methods. If you are not learned in the art of buffing anything, I would definetly start by hand with a good polish.

Mike

if the chrome is cracked or pitted, then there is absolutely nothing you can do to it other than rechroming it. hand polishing chrome and trim parts won`t do much if anything. all that stuff is for after the part has been brought up to a nice finish, then you can start hand polishing your parts. I would rub some #0000 steel wool on the bumper. it won`t hurt it. you can even use #0000 steelwool on glass as long as you use a glass cleaner with it and not rub on a dry area. after you have rubbed it with steelwool then you are going to have to hit it on a buffer with some stainless steel polish. if after you do all that and you are still not satisfied with it, then you`ll have to rechrome it. you can put a buffing wheel on a bench grinder and it will work as well as a buffing machine. make sure you use the correct buffing wheel on your machine for the stainless polish or you won`t do much polishing if you use too soft of a polishing wheel.

I have had pretty good luck with Bronze wool. A large hardware store should carry it. I have used it on some of the pitted chrome on the bicycles I have restored, with great results. Using steelwool might scratch the chrome and leave small metal pieces in the finish and start to rust. Log onto www.oldroads.com (http://www.oldroads.com) they have a good chrome cleaning/restoring kit for bikes, but it also works well on cars. Hope this helps...Mike :D

Thanks for the responses. It has 2 very minute pits so if the 0000 steel wool & polishing clean up the minor scratch haze..then it was money well spent. My car will never be a trailer queen show car..but I have not doubt will do very well in local car shows.

Thanks again,

Curt