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I was wiping some old glue from the lovely chrome tank panels on my '57 Dominator, using paper towel and petrol.
I noticed that the areas I had wiped no longer had the beautiful high gloss finish.
I think that the paper towel contained fine sand which scratched the surface. Does anyone have any idea how I can recover the original finish?
Wipe with WD40 on a clean cloth…
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Some paper towels are…
Some paper towels are abraisive ,which is why you should never use paper on plastic lens glasses. Good old fashioned chrome with a decent depth is hard and not so easy to scratch . Also several coatings of proper wax polish are protective and resist scuffs and water penetration .
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… leave a few mins then re wipe with clean dry cloth. If it is dissolved by the petroleum constituent of WD then you know what to do. . Once all debris is dissolved clean down with alcohol or meths wipes and leave to dry.it should now be gleaming. Finish with Silvio wadding to make it shine and protected.
J