I also use 0000 with Turtle Wax chrome polish as a "lubricant", although I think any creme polish will do. This works well for getting rid of "haze" and minor rust.
After that, buff it up with just the polish.
Made a lot of motorcycle exhausts look great with that combo.
A few years back I came across this guy selling his own brand of metal poish out of his truck at a truck stop. He was selling to truckers. I talked to one of the truckers that had a beutiful truck with lots of chrome and he told me that this stuff was the best kept secret for cleaning your chrome and aluminum. I went over and spoke with the guy and he seemed to know everything about metals and chrome so I bought some from him. Over the last few weeks I have started doing detailing of classic cars and bikes so I got ahold of this guy to see where he was selling so I could get some and he has a website now. Just like he says, this stuff goes on easy and comes off easy. Truckers sware by it. I stongly recomend it to you if you want some unreal results, looks just like you buffed it with a wheel buffer.
Heres a formula for the best chrome polish and aluminum.I learned this from a old trucker buddy. He used on his semi truck fleet and I swear his trucks looked like new.What you get is some buffing rouge and mineral spirits.You take a sure form file and grind down the rouge stick into shavings.You then mix in some mineral spirits to form a paste.Heres the key you can change the consitency .This will alow the polish all types of metals.Best part about it is its very cheap. You can even make it very thin and put in spay bottle and touch up your chrome before a show, works fast.
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