How to get mud stains off chrome bullbar

Terry,

Get some CT-18, (Supercheap, Autobarn) mix as directed and try that. Best to leave for some hours, or even overnight, and blast off with gerni.

Don't use ANY scourer type thing as it will put fine scratches into the surface,

Bob.

Polish the chrome with Autosol.

Terry, get a can of "Brite Shine". It's an Aussie product made by Kenco and I think I got mine from Repco.

It is a cotton wadding impregnated with a polishing agent for all metals. Does a great job on alloy bars and mags. The only problem is once you see how good it is, you'll need to do the whole bar!

Cheers Mick

Our car detailer uses a home made mix of car wash, water and acetone to remove red dirt and stains. I am not 100% sure in his mix but in a 1 ltr squirt bottle I put a cap full of wash, 5 caps of acetone and fill the rest with water. Apply and remove with a sponge and follow up with a water wash off.

Removes red dirt stains but do not leave it on too long (but at this mix it should be fine) or put too much acetone in the mix else you may be removing the paint work.

David

Coca Cola.

Save some money, buy a can and Google "Cleaning chrome with coca cola." It does as good a job as the best product and a better job than most. It will not get rid of scratches, just stains.

Its most unlikley that it is a chrome bull bar...though I have seen some chrome plated steel parts on the odd bullbar.

Most of the bright shinny bull bars are actually polished aluminium.

Aluminium is not particularly stain resistant, in fact it is quite porous...but it polishes pretty redily.

There are a number of mild abrasive and chemical compounds that will polish it up.

A scourer is a bit coarse..all that will do is leave scratches.

I've used brite shine.....its pretty good stuff, it works on most metals

The aluminium polishers use a buffing compound and a rag mop on a machine.
The right compound for the metal is important.

Fine cutting poilsh or buffing compound will get you there.

As for the coke...forget it..it might work but there are far better commercial compounds on the market.

cheers

Many thanks to everybody who have given me ways to fix my problem. All are greatly appreciated and I`m sure I will be able to solve the problem with one of these remedies.

Septone is a good metal polish as is Brasso.