What is the best way to clean/polish the plastic chrome on my car's grill?

Asked by Matt Brubaker at 9:23 AM on October 20, 2009

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Posted by Justin Joson at 1:00 PM on October 27, 2009

Use Plexus, its a cleaner plus plastic polish, works well with Chromed Plastic. Removes bugs pretty fast too - http://www.plexusplasticcleaner.com/plexus.html

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Daniel Reed | October 20, 2009 1:50 PM

Depends on what needs to be cleaned off. I use one of these to clean the front of my car (for bugs, etc)

Bug Sponge

As for polishing the plastic, there are some products from Mothers and Meguiars that can be used.

I have used the polish from Mother's before: Mothers Plastic Polish

If you have to remove yellowing or other deterioration/discoloring you will need a buffing wheel to get the results you are looking for. There are some buffing attachments that can be used on a power drill and if the trim is big enough you can use something like that but you have to be careful about how much pressure you apply as you can burn the plastic. You can also tape off areas about the piece you are buffering with tape from 3M

That tape is awesome, protects and will not hurt the paint, etc.

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Raging Bubuli | October 20, 2009 1:55 PM

I have had good results with Klasse All-In-One Polish Not only is it good with (plastic) chrome, but it is very good in polishing virtually any car body parts, including the plastic headlights. It truly is an all-in-one polish.

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Crazy Fingers Sanchez | October 20, 2009 4:22 PM

Some straight forward chrome polish should do the trick. And it will only cost about $5.

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Justin Joson | October 27, 2009 1:00 PM

Use Plexus, its a cleaner plus plastic polish, works well with Chromed Plastic. Removes bugs pretty fast too - http://www.plexusplasticcleaner.com/plexus.html

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