The best chrome cleaner??

[Milzy]

I just bought some chrome 501 forks for a vintage build I'm planning on doing. What is the best chrome cleaner?
When I was about 12 I used autosol to buff up my pug chrome BMX & it worked very well.

 

[ayceejay]

That's the stuff Solvol Autosol

 

[bpsmith]

Solvo make a few different versions. Or at least they used to.

It's for polishing though, not cleaning. I would use it to get the chrome up to scratch, but not routinely. Get it looking nice and then cover it in a paint sealant to protect as best as possible. Normal Muc Off for regular cleaning afterwards.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I use Autosol

 

[bpsmith]

Been racking my brains for what I have in the garage somewhere. Used it on some bare Alu car wheels a few years back and each of their polishes are pretty awesome:

http://www.briliant.biz/categories/Chrome-Polish-&-Cleaner/

 

[Peteaud]

Autosol, or tin foil and wd40

 

[Gravity Aided]

Tin foil and Diet Pepsi, especially if any rust is present.

 

[jazzkat]

If it's rusty - very fine wire wool.
Wire wool and solvol works even better!
I used to clean up the rusty chrome wheels on my old motorbikes in this way.

 

[Lpoolck]

Tin foil with water or coke will do the job. Especially if it has any bits of rust.

 

[jazzkat]

Don't forget to give it a good coat of wax polish to seal it and stop it going rusty.

 

[bpsmith]

Wax and Polish are two very different things. Wax will give it a protective coating, but it's more for looks tbh. A Paint Sealant, as already suggested, however will give it a longer lasting protection and look more natural too.

 

[Milzy]

Poor boys sealent for cars will do. What's the best cloth to buff the autosol in with?

 

[nickyboy]

I remember when I was a lad my Dad gave me a tub of this stuff and told me to use it to bring a gleam to all the chrome bits on my trusty Raleigh



It was rubbish

 

[alicat]

The OP is asking about the best chrome cleaner, not the worst...

 

[MontyVeda]

I remember when I was a lad my Dad gave me a tub of this stuff and told me to use it to bring a gleam to all the chrome bits on my trusty Raleigh



It was rubbish

Duraglit works wonders on stuff that's already shiny... it'll go from relatively shiny to really shiny in no time