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The chrome on my bike is starting to get little rusk spots on it. Mostly around the hand controls, which are the chrome ones. Is there anything I can do to get rid of the rust without replacing parts?
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Turtle Wax chrome polish works great for removing rust and provides a protective coating. Once it starts, you need to stay on it, even if it appears to be all gone, there has to be some exposed metal to rust so it will happen again. Never heard of any way to completely stop it without rechroming or painting, be interested to see what people say here.
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I have been away from my bike for two months and now I have all of these rust spots all over the front forks and around the head lamp. There is also small etching all over the chrome parts of the bike. I live on the Gulf coast and about 1 block from the water. i guess the salt in the air covered the bike and now I have a disaster on my hands. I washed and polished all of the metal today, but I think that it is a total lose for me unless I get it all redone. I don't plan on being gone again that long. So I will wash it every week like I did before. I was wondering if putting a cover on it will help? Any advice will be appreciated.
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DpneThoo2, try the chrome polishes out there, they give a little protection, also a breathable cover, this helps stave off some of the salt but lets the bike breathe under the cover, keeping the salt residue from adhering to the metal parts.
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I have been away from my bike for two months and now I have all of these rust spots all over the front forks and around the head lamp. There is also small etching all over the chrome parts of the bike. I live on the Gulf coast and about 1 block from the water. i guess the salt in the air covered the bike and now I have a disaster on my hands. I washed and polished all of the metal today, but I think that it is a total lose for me unless I get it all redone. I don't plan on being gone again that long. So I will wash it every week like I did before. I was wondering if putting a cover on it will help? Any advice will be appreciated.
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