Years ago I used to polish my need for shiny bits by all the proper products I was told via my HOG father and family. As years passed I found not all the creams and polishes worked all the time and i needed to venture out. I was still paying off my student loan and living in Canada's most expensive city and just picked up Mr. Frosty the wagon and realized there was more chrome then met my eye. So I picked up some can of polish and wadding gauze, Nevr-Dull.
This stuff works the same as creamed but with the added bonus of a polishing gauze releasing the need for application cloth. when I bought the Acadian a lot of the vehicle was "rockabillied" with matte black paint over most of the vehicle save the cool metallic blue.
I knew this was going to be removed as I could get to the body and any metal that needed to be replaced but as I started to go over the wagon I noticed some black paint just flaked off. In fact the wagon over all was painted fairly poorly and soon began to bubble after a few years on the "wet" coast. As just got the Nevr-Dull i thought i would see if it also removed the paint on the chrome and sure enough it did. The gauze had just enough grip in addition to the polishing solutions chemicals to break up, and then polish the painted chrome. Of course at this point I went over the whole car and tried to remove anything that might be the original chrome underneath and found a lot of well conditioned 60's chrome. As the years have gone by the rust has become a problem and using Nevr-Dull every once in while polishes out the small rusty sections or "pitted" spots that start to show up. Living in apartments and places with no secure and weather protected parking spaces has made this wagon project one of education far beyond just restoration, but of what it takes to hold on to, and push forward for the love of the ride.
This stuff works the same as creamed but with the added bonus of a polishing gauze releasing the need for application cloth. when I bought the Acadian a lot of the vehicle was "rockabillied" with matte black paint over most of the vehicle save the cool metallic blue.
I knew this was going to be removed as I could get to the body and any metal that needed to be replaced but as I started to go over the wagon I noticed some black paint just flaked off. In fact the wagon over all was painted fairly poorly and soon began to bubble after a few years on the "wet" coast. As just got the Nevr-Dull i thought i would see if it also removed the paint on the chrome and sure enough it did. The gauze had just enough grip in addition to the polishing solutions chemicals to break up, and then polish the painted chrome. Of course at this point I went over the whole car and tried to remove anything that might be the original chrome underneath and found a lot of well conditioned 60's chrome. As the years have gone by the rust has become a problem and using Nevr-Dull every once in while polishes out the small rusty sections or "pitted" spots that start to show up. Living in apartments and places with no secure and weather protected parking spaces has made this wagon project one of education far beyond just restoration, but of what it takes to hold on to, and push forward for the love of the ride.
It also works great on Aluminium bike parts and vintage steel bikes if you like those kinds of restorations;)
