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wobby82
20th July 2013, 07:18
Any suggestions on what to use, as I want to bring the shine up a bit as its dulled a little but beings as its already polished I don't want to use any abrasive on it as it will ruin the look if u get me

m4tt274
20th July 2013, 07:42
How old is it, after a couple 1000miles they are hard to bring back up by hand.

SolvoAutosol is my favorite polish, if that wont work without serious effort, you can take it off and have a company machine polish it and it will come up like chrome, then dont let it get into the same state.

wobby82
20th July 2013, 07:51
It's not bad it's only been on about 3 month

0rang3peel
20th July 2013, 10:49
pick up some autosol, halfrauds have it if you're lazy.

could also try some simple brasso if you're feeling cheap

wobby82
20th July 2013, 11:28
Got autosol but its an abrasive , tried it on a bit and it took the shine off!

0rang3peel
20th July 2013, 11:36
Got autosol but its an abrasive , tried it on a bit and it took the shine off!

yeah of course it's abrasive, polish more to break it down more, the shine will come I've used it on loads of chrome exhausts

L33h
20th July 2013, 11:43
+1 for autosol... thats what its for lol

m4tt274
20th July 2013, 12:00
I polish all sorts with solvo, its not going to dull anything, it takes a lot of buffing off though.

wobby82
20th July 2013, 15:24
Hi I've tried again and it's worked a bit of dumbness on my part , thanks for the replys

Prickle
20th July 2013, 15:31
Cant really do that much. They all go a dark colour anyway esp the cheapo ones..

wobby82
20th July 2013, 15:44
Mines come up lovely now,

griff_106
20th July 2013, 17:39
I bought a Raceland 4-2-1 a few months back and used APC, wire wool, Britemax Twins (two bottles - one polish, one sealant) and a LOT of elbow grease. It's come up quite nicely, but as above, it's a ballache after a few thousand miles to get it looking as new.

I quite like it tbh as it's still got that nice, natural purply tinge to it that just shows it's been run - little things n'all that :p

wobby82
21st July 2013, 20:19
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/22/sysasygu.jpg

Gabbastard
21st July 2013, 21:02
What did you use on your cam covers and inltet dude?

wobby82
22nd July 2013, 18:00
Tyre shine

Bedford126
24th July 2013, 22:20
24 hours in a oven pride bag then use "00" gauge wire wool with some autosol or ammonia. then use a microfiber for the final polish with autosol or silvo.