Club Triumph

Probably a fairly simple question: the chrom on my GT6 Mk2 is starting to get dots of rust coming through. Should I be worried about it, how to get rid and how to avoid reoccurring?

Cheap remedy is coke and rub with aluminium foil if they get that far.

Otherwise a mild polish. Best bet is to protect with a spray of wax protection (ie waxoil or similar) and remove when you want the car to look pretty.

Otherwise a rechrome is in order, but that is a tad extreme

I painted Hammerite paint on the rear of both bumpers and I use Autosol polish on the nice shiny bit 

Hi Bruce,

the fact that you can see rust spots means that the steel under the chrome is now rusty and will not go away.

The Chrome surface is not a continuous sheet of metal but is made up of little islands - you can;t see the joins.

This is how the water/moisture gets to the steel. In theory the copper/nickel layers under the Chrome should stop this but as time goes by the water will get passed.

Can it be fixed - the only proper fix is to remove the Chrome and start again.

You can clean and polish for a temporary fix. Autosol metal polish will clean it.

Then apply Autoglym polish to seal it.

Do this regularly. If you get caught in the rain make sure you clean/dry the chrome when you get home and reapply the Autoglym.

Roger 

Or of course you could always investigate stainless steel one's  🤓

Tony.