Things You'll Need:
- Fine or extra fine steel wool pads
- Chrome polish/cleaner or Tarnite Metal Cleaner and Polish
- Clean water
- Soft rags or shop paper towels
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Step 1
Clean the chrome with basic soap and water so you can clearly see the rust areas to be worked on.
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Step 2
Dab some polish/cleaner onto the steel wool pad and also dab some on the chrome itself, over the rusted area. The object is that the area to be cleaned is wet with the polish.
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Step 3
Start gently rubbing the rusted area in circular motions with your steel wool pad. As the pad becomes dry add a little more polish to it, never rubbing the surface if it or the pad is dry. You don't need to much pressure, let the steel wool do the work. Much better to go over the same area additional times rather than to put more pressure on the pad and take the chance of scratching the chrome surface. Turn the pad regularly.
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Step 4
Stop now and then to rinse and dry the area to keep track of what rust remains to concentrate in that specific area with more polish on the surface and the steel wool pad.
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Step 5
By now the surface rust should be gone. If any rust remains after your attempts, it is likely under the chrome finish which has broken in that specific area. In this case, continuing the treatment will not remove it, but the overall area should now be brighter and the brown surface rust gone.
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Step 6
Rinse one last time to remove any steel bits from the surface and using your soft clean cloth, polish the chrome for a shiny appearance and future protection.
