Polishing chrome headers

Xjers:

What do y'all use to polish your chrome headers?

My bike has a few rust pits scattered here and there. Any way to prevent/stop them?

Thanks-
Herb

 

Lots of scrubbing... I ended up using a polishing pad on a small rotary type tool.

As for polish - I've been using mothers lately.

 

Autosol best stuff on the market in my eyes, cheap easy to use and gives an amazing finish

 

Autosol here too. Muthers is what I'm told to use to polish for a first swipe at polishing followed with Autosol, but I've never had to use Muthers in the first place. Another trick for rust on chrome is vinegar and tinfoil. My cousin used it to polish out rust on his 69 Chevelle. Some sort of chemical reaction is supposed to do the trick.

 

Thanks for the tips, guys.

Where do you purchase Autosol?

Thanks,
Herb

 

Never tried vinegar and tin foil???
Thanks for a new idea..I'll try it.

 

Cheap and easy! Shines like crazy. Here's what to do. Cut yourself a bunch of 2-foot lengths of cotton clothes-line rope. Slather some chrome polish on one of them headers. Wrap one length of clothes-line around a pipe, one-time. Use a "shoe-shine" motion and add some more polish as needed. Work-it. Work-it! You got it! Oh, yeah baby! You're in the Ride-pimpin' mode now! Shine-it. All over ... wow! Change-up to a fresh piece of rope every now and then. You'll have those pipes looking like new in a few minutes! Don't get much easier than that ... does it???

 

Rubbing compound works too. I used Turtle Wax Rubbing compound on my old muffler which had rust spots and lots of oxidation. Just dap a lil bit on a towel and rub. It works great with chrome.

 

Thanks for all the tips and suggestions, guys!

I'd like to do a side-by-side comparison of all these methods and see how they shine and last compared to each other. Of course, since my bike is just a twin, that would take a while!

Anybody tell me where I can get AutoSol?

RickCoMatic - your post was a hoot!

Thanks again,
Herb

 

Someone told me he used to warm up his bike and them use oven cleaner on his headers to clean them off. I thought that would be a bit harsh but he claimed it didn't bother the chrome and did a great job of getting all the crud off...

 

I'd be leary about using Eazy-Off, the lable clearly states not to use it on chrome, it will discolor it.