Originally Posted by
IAmSam
Appreciate all the suggestions...
I'm sitting here looking at a bottle of Chrome Polish and a tub of Paste Wax, and trying to get enthusiastic about scrubbin-n-rubbin for a few hours. My real problem is that each time I go through this, it comes back sooner and worse, so I'm looking for a Silver Bullet to solve my problem. Refinishing is several years down the road and that Caswell thingy caught my eye.
[MENTION=371771]PilotFishBob[/MENTION] - am I correct that it seems like you are using it for very small areas? Do you think 2 or 3 square inch patches would be possible with it?
Thanks again
Yes, the largest areas I've tried touching up were about .5 x 2 inches or so - chrome socks on a Raleigh. Went so-so on that, but from a few feet acceptable. My main thing on using it is that I don't want to have to keep maintaining problem areas, and this gives me reasonably long-lasting protection. When I noted above that prep needs to be thorough I can say I've found out the hard way what happens when it isn't. The chrome on those same bolts I posted flaked like crazy the first time because I was sloppy in prep - doing it right pays off. Also, I wasted a bottle of solution because I didn't think to pour small amounts into a separate container for use - I dipped directly from the bottle and wound up ruining it. Learn from my stupi... er, pain.
Caswell also has larger-scale kits for going beyond just using the brush anode method. I've heard good things about those but a little much (and too pricey) for my purposes.
https://caswellplating.com/electropl...ting-kits.html