Originally Posted by J T CUNNINGHAM

YES , ' BIKEDUDE ' , YOU ARE CORRECT ; THE WHOLE IDEA , IS TO PROTECT ( WAX , OR SOME
OTHER SEALER ) THE FINISH THAT YOU HAVE , RATHER THAN ABRAIDING IT WITH A POLISH .
FINISHED PLATING NEVER GETS , ' BETTER ' , WITH TIME , ONLY , ' WORSE ' , AS THE SURFACE
DETERIORATES , OR THE PARENT METAL CORRODES . PLATING , AS IT IS , IS NOT SIMILAR TO A
PAINT - A COATING THAT CAN BE , ' FLATTED OUT ' , & POLISHED , AFTER THE FACT .

THE , ' ACID TREATMENT ' , ( DECK CLEANER ? BY ZEP CHEM ) HITS AT THE RUST WHICH WAS
FORMED BENEATH THE PLATED SURFACE , AND DEPOSITED ON THE , ' FINISH ' . OXODIZE THE RUST
& SEAL THE SURFACE ; IT CANNOT GET ANY , ' BETTER ' . IF ONE IS LUCKY ENOUGH , THE ,
' PIN HOLES ' , IN THE SURFACE , WILL BE SMALL , & UNOBTRUSIVE .

' PLATING ' , IS AN , ' ART ' , AS IS , ' PAINTING ' , BUT TO A LESSER DEGREE ; I SAY THIS BECAUSE
' PLATING ' , IS SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT , ' IMPROVE UPON ' , ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED , AS OPPOSED TO A PAINT COATING WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO , ' CUT DOWN ' , THROUGH POLISHING .

REGARDS ,
J T