How to get stain's out of chrome plated valve covers????

avelleno said:

Let me ask you-GEARBANGER!!!!
if i have to wet sand it-what grit sandpaper should i use?????

Cauz-i really cannot live with it, one valve cover is perfect and that the passengerger side, of course the drivers side that is much more noticeable-Is stained-SUX!!!!!! i mean-There seemd to be lots of stains, if i cannot remove them-Its ruined, i will have get it re-chromed. i just cannot see, paying $100 for vanity, when i can use that $$$$ on say roller rockers..... ya know!

Please get back to me!
Thanks-Anthony

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I'd work with as light as possible. The chrome plating will scratch easily. I might try it with 1000-2000 wet. But like I said, it may have gone all the way through.

I'm from the Nickel Capital of the world and as such we have a huge refinery here. Well, the company (Inco) is constantly dishing out paint vouchers to people in the surrounding area because of acidic fallout that's caused from the smeltering process.
What I'm getting at is that no matter how well or often you wax your car, the fallout still gets past it, through the clear and into the paint, where it actually etches the metal.

That’s what may have happened here with your valve covers. Regardless of the amount of sanding or polishing done, because of the corrosive damage caused, replateing them may be your only option?