Chrome polishing - oddity...

sophmeat · 10-17-09, 05:32

So I was polishing some chrome with Megs UC on a LC Yellow pad (with a PC7424XP), and something odd happened

It CHANGED COLOR. It changed from chrome to a slightly golden chrome. Nothing I did seemed to change this, so it seems like it changed color from some chemical change. Any ideas how this could happen, to prevent it in the future?

All I can think of is the heat affecting how it polished out. I've searched on here and google and have never seen mention of this happening.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

Dsoto87 · 10-17-09, 05:36

You could have possibly gone through the chrome. Chrome plating is extremely thin.

Jakerooni · 10-17-09, 06:18

you polished through the chrome. Like dsoto87 said. The plating is very thin. it dosen't take much at all to polish through it.

Mikeyc · 10-17-09, 07:42

Yup. You went through the plating. It's not a good idea to polish chrome with an abrasive polish. You'll polish the chrome right off as you found out.