David,
Chrome itself is only microns thick. As soon as it's gone you will be polishing nickel, which is softer than the chrome and a bit thicker. Once that's gone, you will be polishing copper. All you will succeed in doing is removing the chrome. Leave it alone. Have it restored if an when you're inclined. Also, some of what you may be seeing as scratches are actually cracks in the chrome. Either way, they will not "polish out".
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
Wishing there was such a thing as polishing out chrome. It would make my
life MUCH easier.
>
> Is it actually possible to polish scratches out of chrome? I don't just mean
> shine it up with Simichrome or something, I mean actually remove scratches.
> I just inherited a full chrome '64 Frejus, and although it's seen better
> days, I'm unlikely to be able to afford rechroming it anytime soon, and I'd
> like to know if there's much I can do.
>
> Opinions?
>
> David Bilenkey
> Industrial Designer
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca