coca cola on chrome

**madazskunk** · 01-03-2004, 12:42 AM

I was watching mythbusters last night and they were expeimenting with cola on different things. One thing they tried was cola wiped with aluminum foil versus "a leading chrome cleaner" on a old rusty bumber on a beat up ford. Well you couldn`t tell from the camera but they said the cola/foil side came out much better then the cleaner side. Anybody ever heard of this. Just thought you guys might like to know.

**imported_BretFraz** · 01-03-2004, 12:52 AM

Talk about Old Skool Detailin`........

That one is prolly in those "Hints From Heloise" books (or whatever they`re called). That trick has been around for decades.

But it just goes to show, even an old trick is new to someone everyday.

**imported_edschwab1** · 01-03-2004, 05:14 AM

Never heard of using Coke as a chrome cleaner, but I like Mythbusters. If Coke is so good at cleaning various thing what does it do a humans inside?

Eric

**Jesstzn** · 01-03-2004, 04:16 PM

Originally posted by edschwab1

If Coke is so good at cleaning various thing what does it do a humans inside?

Eric

Cleans them?

**TaiChi** · 01-03-2004, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by edschwab1

If Coke is so good at cleaning various thing what does it do a humans inside?

Eric

Breaks down proteins from the food you`ve eaten...or so said my 5th grade health teacher :nixweiss .

**Dawnskaybug** · 01-04-2004, 12:55 AM

i was told some police jurisdictions keeps a case in the back of there cruisers it cleans up blood off concrete really good

**monodax** · 01-04-2004, 01:49 PM

Mythbuster also did a show where they tested it on Blood as well lol. It did work better than water alone. They used Pigs blood to do the test but it was interesting. They also did the test where they say you can put a penny in coke, and a raw t-bone steak, etc. and it will dissolve it. Seems that they like to do test with Coke as I have watched the show since it started coming on.

**chaotik** · 01-04-2004, 04:34 PM

It cleans corrosion off of battery terminals really well......

**Corey Bit Spank** · 01-04-2004, 04:41 PM

It causes impotency, I heard!

**TaiChi** · 01-04-2004, 05:48 PM

Originally posted by chaotik

It cleans corrosion off of battery terminals really well......

But it leaves an undesirable sticky feeling on it. Baking Soda and water works just as well.

**ntoddalbert** · 01-04-2004, 06:44 PM

Coke has been used as a last resort on bad windshields in the past. The acid etches the surface and helps to clean , no it wont take out your chips

**foxtrapper** · 01-09-2004, 10:37 AM

After you wash a piece of chrome, polish it with the aluminum foil. You`ll be rather surprized at how good it looks. Pitted rust stained chrome? SOS pad, then the aluminum foil. Many a motorcycle has fork seals that live because of this old technique.

**imported_mirrorfinishman** · 01-09-2004, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by foxtrapper

After you wash a piece of chrome, polish it with the aluminum foil. You`ll be rather surprized at how good it looks. Pitted rust stained chrome? SOS pad, then the aluminum foil. Many a motorcycle has fork seals that live because of this old technique.

Just ask someone who owns an antique or classic car and they`ll most likely know about this trick with aluminum foil. It works especially well on pitted rust stained chrome.