How to Easily, Cheaply Clean and Restore Chrome Cars Parts and Bumpers

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  • čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
  • Cleaning and restoring chrome car parts at home is easier than you might think. With a few household items we took this Volkswagen Beetle bumper from rusty to like new in less than an hour. Materials to make our chrome bumper look new only cost a few dollars.
    Thanks:
    CRC Industries:
    www.crcindustries.com/
    Tire Rack:
    www.tirerack.com/content/tire...
    Simpson Racing Products:
    www.simpsonraceproducts.com/
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Komentáře • 72

  • @johnsearl6431
    @johnsearl6431 Před 3 měsíci +1

    when using panel hammer and dolly on chrome ....coat the surfaces with a thin film of grease....it stops the tools from grabbing the chrome and is much easier than wrapping tools.

  • @mccgunter
    @mccgunter Před 2 lety +7

    Love your clear and concise instruction as you share you ideas and experience. I appreciate your work sir.

  • @traviscrawford6921
    @traviscrawford6921 Před 3 lety +9

    How is this channel not bigger? Such good quality in production and information.

    • @oxygen454
      @oxygen454 Před 2 lety +1

      I totally agree. Sometimes it just takes time for CZcams to pick up a video or channel and then it takes off 👍

  • @alanwright9605
    @alanwright9605 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for uploading this video. It saved me a fortune restoring the old trim's instead of replacing them 😁

  • @thetrumpnewsnetwork7503
    @thetrumpnewsnetwork7503 Před 2 lety +2

    That Hammered Rustolium is great stuff and lasts a long time. I restored my outdoor house lights with it and it looked better than new and 2 years later in the hot humid Florida sun and they still look great.

  • @robertblackwell8314
    @robertblackwell8314 Před rokem

    Thanks for the information. Doing my interior trim on my 64 impala ss. Like using OG parts and picked up some not so perfect trim. Video definitely helped me decide how to polish it up. 💯

  • @micahposada8737
    @micahposada8737 Před rokem

    Great ideas! Simple easy to understand.
    Great video!

  • @campion05
    @campion05 Před 2 lety +3

    Did you forget to discuss how you handle the "blemishes" on the chromed surface as mentioned at 2:27 in the video? Maybe I missed that part. Those can be a bugger. I've used Dupont no7 rubbing compound diluted in a bucket of water with a very fine brass cup brush on a small rotary drill. Just dancing the cup brush lightly on the rust. Clean and float in by dabbing chrome paint with a fine artist brush. Let cure and and buff out with a quality chrome polish. Then waxed. Tedious yes but looks passable when complete. Great tips you've shown for the interior bumper.

  • @RewskOnTV
    @RewskOnTV Před 5 měsíci +4

    I’d say when removing dry rust from metal a face mask should be worn, you don’t want to inhale rust particles it’s like fiberglass dust it never leaves your lungs

  • @79chevyboylopez64
    @79chevyboylopez64 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video learned alot in just 1 video

  • @geovannimurillorodriguez4186

    Sir you doing great job🔥💯

  • @fannyfayvintage7668
    @fannyfayvintage7668 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for the good information.

  • @hotelgulf
    @hotelgulf Před rokem +2

    Really helpful without the theatrics. Great advice. Thanks.

  • @chrisbrewer8266
    @chrisbrewer8266 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video!

  • @wernervanderstraeten7394
    @wernervanderstraeten7394 Před 7 měsíci

    Thanks man this helped me a lot

  • @frankmgallo
    @frankmgallo Před rokem

    Great job looks fantastic

  • @gabegiguere3964
    @gabegiguere3964 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video

  • @robinimpey101
    @robinimpey101 Před rokem

    Perfect, I have some chrome I need to clean up! Got any tips for cleaning vanish out of a fuel tank?

  • @charlesmolins7700
    @charlesmolins7700 Před 2 lety +2

    On the inside I would spray WD40. I'm refurbishing an old snare drum hoop and it takes care of the REALLY rusty parts pretty good!

  • @avomarkarian6187
    @avomarkarian6187 Před rokem

    Thanks for a great video I have a question I have a beetle pop out windows and the chrome frame has scratches and small dents how can I fix it

  • @christophercolumbus5816
    @christophercolumbus5816 Před 2 lety +6

    i use cola aluminum foil. I crumple the aluminum foil and drink it with cola. Then I use it to buff away the rust. Then just polish it up and clean.

    • @mccgunter
      @mccgunter Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe I’m not careful enough but I’ve had the best experience with steel wool as recommended here in this video. I do, however, use 0000 and haven’t tried the 000.

    • @kirkandpam1749
      @kirkandpam1749 Před rokem +1

      Aluminum foil fuqqd up my chrome no way

  • @jamesniv8436
    @jamesniv8436 Před 2 lety +1

    Ever herd of bronze wool mostly available at marine supply stores

  • @techie63
    @techie63 Před 3 lety

    Great video. Good info.

  • @AmpasaurusWrecks
    @AmpasaurusWrecks Před rokem

    Looks good.

  • @gabegiguere3964
    @gabegiguere3964 Před 2 lety +1

    This guy is awsome. 600 buck so keep rubbin

  • @arthur1920
    @arthur1920 Před rokem

    Nice vid. Do you not expect the rust to re emerge from the invisible pin holes in the chrome which is where I am told the original rust blossoms came from? I mean you clean the surface but, the problem is the rust is continuing under the chrome and will eventually pop out and return.

  • @DRAKE_DOES_STUFF
    @DRAKE_DOES_STUFF Před rokem

    Seeing how nice that turned out my 20 year old trucks bumper will be noice

  • @denysstumpf3455
    @denysstumpf3455 Před 2 měsíci

    Would you please list the name/link to that first spray you used to clean it and other products you used in the video. Thank you!

  • @Missliz2307
    @Missliz2307 Před 9 měsíci

    😮😮😮😮 looks great

  • @niyazaglyamov5889
    @niyazaglyamov5889 Před 3 lety

    👍

  • @diverdave4056
    @diverdave4056 Před měsícem

    put a wire wheel brush in a drill to scrub that rust out of the backside of the bumper

  • @alicejones2755
    @alicejones2755 Před 3 lety +2

    What was the spray you first used to clean the bumper?

  • @BarbaraNelson-Erwin
    @BarbaraNelson-Erwin Před rokem

    What/ how did you use to make the black rubber look new?

    • @ClassicMotorsports
      @ClassicMotorsports  Před rokem

      We got lucky and with some quick detail were able to clean it up and got it looking nice.

  • @geoffwethersett3265
    @geoffwethersett3265 Před rokem +2

    On the inside of the bumper you need to treat that rust with an acid wash before painting not just paint over the freaking thing .

  • @drywaller12345
    @drywaller12345 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm beginning a restore on a Merc 126. Bumper chrome is a bit like the one in your video. Could you please list the various treatments that you used on the Beetle bumper.. My hearing's not great, so missing a few of the names..I got the bit about the 000 wire wool, but other treatments escaped me !!.I'l in Dublin Great video

    • @iankennedy1441
      @iankennedy1441 Před 2 lety

      Hi Bill I am also in Dublin Ireland ,if you need any help just let me know

  • @bobh4623
    @bobh4623 Před 3 lety

    Some jerk poured some colored liquid on my My Honda Shadow Aero chrome pipes as I parked it. Needless to say, the hot pipes baked whatever it was onto the pipes. In my attempts to clean them, I ended up just scratching them based on several videos on youtube - lastly using 400 grit sandpaper! Big mistake! Should I have been using 2000 grit? How do I get them back to unscratched, shiny chrome?

    • @mccgunter
      @mccgunter Před 2 lety

      Bob, you can try to smooth out the scratches a bit with the steel wool but I think that damage is done.

  • @restorationshop
    @restorationshop Před rokem

    One important point is that modern cars with chrome accents like those on my 2003 Honda Pilot bumper guards which have a chrome finish are only made of plastic. I note this because my wife tried your first fix on our chrome and ruined the bumper accents with steel wool. You should repost this video with a warning not to try that on modern bumpers. She was only trying to get hard water spots off the chrome and I ended up needing to replace those "chromed" plastic parts.

  • @djlai4099
    @djlai4099 Před 2 lety

    How to repair chrome bumper warp up due tow truck?
    The lower bumper bend up,How to make straight back with simple tools?

  • @JulianGarcia-yr5dl
    @JulianGarcia-yr5dl Před 2 lety

    Nice !! Just saved my 150 bucks 👍👍 subscription from me my friend

  • @kevinbodman1011
    @kevinbodman1011 Před 5 měsíci

    ow about alluminum trim for instance windshield,window trim

    • @ClassicMotorsports
      @ClassicMotorsports  Před 5 měsíci

      Stay tuned, we will have a video on the way for how to restore aluminum trim.

  • @geoffwethersett3265
    @geoffwethersett3265 Před rokem

    Oh sure, we can all buff away chrome surface corrosion but my question is , as always, how can you restore chrome when there isn't any. When there are chips of chrome missing or corrosion nodules that won't budge. Rechrome !

    • @General_Eisenhower1945
      @General_Eisenhower1945 Před rokem

      He covered that at the beginning, before deciding to rechrome just find out if it's worth it to go that route or just replace it

  • @geoffwethersett3265
    @geoffwethersett3265 Před rokem

    "Chrome" felt pen or just a silver felt pen? Looks like silver !

  • @tomassmith7686
    @tomassmith7686 Před 2 lety +1

    In the video you said you’d speak to dealing with pits. You did not.

  • @indoornepenthes7809
    @indoornepenthes7809 Před 2 lety

    Ford Maverick bumpers are $500 a piece. I cried a little inside 🤣

  • @electrichoney4650
    @electrichoney4650 Před 3 lety

    What spray did you use

    • @ClassicMotorsports
      @ClassicMotorsports  Před 3 lety +1

      To clean the bumper we used GTech Multi-Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser spray.

    • @glifikskils3792
      @glifikskils3792 Před 3 lety

      @@ClassicMotorsports honda spray?

    • @BarristerBrian
      @BarristerBrian Před 2 měsíci

      This worked great for me! Thank you so much!

  • @opinion1-zb5zq
    @opinion1-zb5zq Před 11 měsíci

    Chrome spray needs to be 2k cleared and looks like chrome don't tell anyone you put chrome'shops out of business

  • @Tamaresque
    @Tamaresque Před 6 měsíci

    Hmm, I think it'll cost about that much ($150) to replace my pitted and rusted chromed gear shift selector on the side of my NC750X engine. *sigh*