Polishing & Finish on Nickel Plating
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Wenol ... Mothers wheel polish ... Never-dull ... Meguiar’s has several metal polish’s, Collinite metal polish and wax ... these are are automotive style wheel and chrome polished that may work, but I am hesitant to suggest them for stove use because I have no experience with any of these on a stove.
Maybe some of our antique guru’s can confirm or deny use of these.
Maybe some of our antique guru’s can confirm or deny use of these.
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Bill,
Yeah I agree. I would be worried about the chemical burn off with auto polish.
Yeah I agree. I would be worried about the chemical burn off with auto polish.
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I've been using Turtle wax brand chrome cleaner and then seal the nickle with regular Turtle wax. No problems.
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Mothers always worked well even on Harley exhaust pipes.
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I’ve just polished my nickel on my baseburner with Autosol, and it looks good , but it has started to dull slightly, so is the idea to seal in the shine after polishing with Autosol , mothers etc , with a good quality car wax ? Will the heat not effect the wax ?
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Not with MOTHERS W--she's a critter unto herself!!! LOL Never heard of Autosol--course I'm old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
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Ha ha Fred , Yeah Autosol is a polish I used to use back in the day when I was a youth to clean my chrome on my motorbike. Cleans chrome on my bike really well , but just as another member said he sealed the finish with car wax ? Thought car wax’s had some ingredients that we’re flammable? Anyway if you can seal your stove nickel with car wax sure would save a lot of elbow grease .
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Nothin ventured, nothin gained W--will wait for results post.
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Simichrome also does a nice job on nickel.
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I have a bottle of Collinite 845 wax I use for my car , this is what I was thinking of using on my nickel after I have polished it with Autosol.
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Wal wrote: ↑Fri. Sep. 18, 2020 11:23 amHa ha Fred , Yeah Autosol is a polish I used to use back in the day when I was a youth to clean my chrome on my motorbike. Cleans chrome on my bike really well , but just as another member said he sealed the finish with car wax ? Thought car wax’s had some ingredients that we’re flammable? Anyway if you can seal your stove nickel with car wax sure would save a lot of elbow grease .
If your wax job is "flammable", you used too much wax and not enough polishing cloth.
Paul