Which products to use on Chrome trim?

[Bioman]

What are some of the products you guys use on chrome?

I think you can`t use regular wax and polish (Menzerna) on metallic trim, true?

[Pondscum]

AIO is the best thing I`ve found for chrome.

[imported_Sullybob]

Do you mean chrome like chrome rims, or do you mean chrome trim like the plastic with a chrome looking backing? For chrome tim I use AIO and then SG. I am going to have to let some one with a little more experience answer about using an abrasive polish on the trim. AIO is a chemical cleaner.

For chrome I have used all kinds of things, AIO and SG, Mothers polish, Flitz polish.

[Accumulator]

I have never found chrome to be too finicky about what I use on it.



If you`re gonna use a "chrome polish", make sure it`s not too abrasive. Griot`s and Mother`s make good ones.



I`ve used mild paint polishes to clean chrome. Chrome plating is harder than paint, so they don`t hurt it any as long as you don`t abrade it all the time.



I`ve used the K twins on both "real chrome" and "chrome over plastic". I`ve used liquid and paste waxes on chrome with no problems.



Note that I`ve been doing the chrome on the XJS for almost 20 years, so I`d have found out if any of these approaches were gonna cause trouble. It does have some thin spots on the door handles, where the combination of being hit with a polisher pad and normal use has thinned the plating, but it took a *long* time for that to happen. None of the plating has "failed" or discolored from using the wrong products on it or anything like that.

[imported_mirrorfinishman]

For chrome trim that is in relatively good condition, I like to use carnauba wax. Of course, if the trim needs a slight cleaning, such as the front chrome grill trim, then I would use a cleaner polish first, followed by a coat of carnauba wax.