how to shine chrome truck boxes?

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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 09:10 AM
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how to shine chrome truck boxes?

what kind of products will clean and give a new shine to the chrome truck boxes? thanks.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 11:02 AM
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Lowes has a tool box polish that sits on the same isle as the chrome tool boxes that I have had good luck with. I will see if I can find the name.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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That would be Diamond Brite. It's primarily for stainless steel, and works real well with a Mother's Powerball.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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I have a black box now, but when I work on them and when I used to have one I used Meguiar's Hot Rims Mag & Aluminum Polish paired with a cotton wheel with good results. Though limited knowlege on the other stuff. I've heard the "flitz" name tossed around a lot for this.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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I bet if you use one of those products to polish it up, then sealed it with something like Opti-Seal or another polymer sealant, it'll keep it looking great.

I haven't tried it, but I know it's worked well on things like the wheels on my mustang.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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wool pad on a da with a series of varying levels of aggression of metal polishes.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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That would be Diamond Brite. It's primarily for stainless steel, and works real well with a Mother's Powerball.
Thats it. I thought I had some in the garage to take a pic, but I dont.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2009 | 12:39 AM
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i use nevr-dull (yes i spelled i right) on my chrome bumpers/side steps. works great. it can be hard to get your hands on tho. wally world carries it but i never had any luck. Get mine from ace hardware
 
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 01:32 AM
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i really like using speedy all metal polish of a buffer
 
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