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G'day all, my rear bumper has some slight pitting (only noticable from a metre or so) which hadnt bothered me before but today i noticed the beginnings of rust in there. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to slow/halt the advancement?
Chances are its probably coming from underneath, but surely there is a way to nuetralise and seal it? I can't afford rechroming atm.

Jake

Hi Jake,

Thats a tricky one. Is the chrome flaking off? Or is it bubbling up underneath the chrome?

You could try some rust converter to slow it down. Theres a few brands about but the basic ingrediant is phosphoric acid. You might want to use it on an old bumper test piece to see what the converter does to the chrome. As you say even if you can convert the rust you then need to paint/seal it...if its bubbling up underneath the chrome I can't see how you could paint/seal it.

Best way to slow it down is to keep the water/moisture off the bumper and start saving some $ for rechroming...

regards
Stewart

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Great post Rosco.

Rosco, I don't know why I have a library card, when I can get to read these books on-line, and I don't even have to leave home.

I'm going to get a coffee, find a comfy chair and settle in before I read your post above.

Fascinating reading.

Thanks Rosco, I learn a few new things.

Nice post Rosco

Thanks for the advice guys, very informative, going to try and track down some of the products mentioned today and see how I go.

i know yuos have mentioned some metal polishes but i just thought i would mention a polish which always ceases to amaze me, the brand is autosol and you can get it from most places(i get it from repco) these a just some before and after shots of my tail lights(the only reason its different sides is because i forgot to take a photo off it before i started but the one i polished was probably worse)


this was with only about a minute off polishing

If your happy with the polished finish then great. Otherwise the only way to fix it properly is to get it rechromed.
You can polish it on a buff and it will come up a lot better but at the end of thd day it will still look like shit.

Or do what I did, sand it back and paint it, looks like shit compared to chrome, but real cheap, Trev .

re chrome....


worth every penny, i'll post up my before & afters soon...


you pay for what you get...



matty martin

the problem with rechroming these parts is they are die cast metal this material is very dificult to rechrome the process puts heat and acid into the metal which can sometimes more than often come out worse ask your chrome guy if he has had experience in redoing die cast first as you said you get what you pay for

Very Interesting topic here Jake.
Was only just discussing weather to get some things re-chromed or try and source new ones. Hmmm.

CHOPPED...what you said: "ask your chrome guy if he has experience in redoing die cast first."
Good tip there to us newbies that have no clue

Lulu