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Re: restoring chrome trim

To: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>, Laura Gharazeddine
Subject: Re: restoring chrome trim
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:13:16 -0500
Aha!  I thought you were supposed to glue the aluminum foil
over the rusted part...

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 05:38 PM 12/13/00 , Nolan Penney wrote:

>It really shines up nasty looking chrome.  Learned about this combo
>years ago when I got my first motorcycle (they've got far too much
>chrome).  Hit the rusted fork tubes and such with steel wool to knock
>out the pits, then burnish it up nice with the aluminum foil.  A poor
>kid could always snag one of moms SOS pads and a piece of foil. :-)
>
>Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
>
> > > Very fine steel wool & aluminum foil.
> >
> > What's the aluminum foil for?
> >
> > Laura G. 

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