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Deano400:
Having spoken to the local chromer, who said that it would cost about the same to re-chrome my parts as it would to buy new (outside my budget), I decided to have a go at cleaning up the parts myself.
This is what I started with:

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This is how they’ve cleaned up so far. Haven’t polished them yet.

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The question I’ve got is what do I do about the ends?

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Do I knock off the rest of the loose(ish) stuff? Use Rust Converter? Build up with metal filler? Or should I just clean up and use as is? Any tips would be helpful.

Also is it possible to shine up dull chrome? If so what’s the best thing to use?

Nurse Julie:
Great job you've there John. If it's purely functionality you want, why not rub down and remove as much of the rust as you can, mask off and spray paint the ends in high temp silver paint?.

Spitfire:
Great job, I would not have thought it possible to get them looking that good, and as Julie has said just clean them up as much as possible then paint using high temp silver paint, if you get leaks then sleeve them with tin can metal or use exhaust sealant from Halfords.
As to dull chrome it looks like you can do that better than me.

Cheers

Dennis

Deano400:
Thanks Julie, Spitfire.
A bit more cleaning then VHT silver and finish with a polish.
Couple more pics of the clean up.

marcgannon:
What a fantastic job you've done!
What was your process here?

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