Chrome forks repair from rust

This is the state of the forks on my winter beater.

Are they salvageable using the WD40, coke and foil trick?

The chainstays are equally rusty.

cheers

sam

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Try malt vinegar first, if you've no phosphoric or oxalic acid handy.

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Coke and tin foil.

warning: everyone else has glowing reviews of coke + tin foil, but I ruined a set of forks with it. I don't know what I did wrong, possibly wrong sort of tin foil (?), I have no idea.

maybe you used the shiny side instead of the non shiny side?

The stronger acid works more effectively.
Taste test: can drink a lot more coke than vinegar, before sicking up.

Hmm, sicked up acid would be Super.

In my experience coke and tinfoil will sort that right out!

Here is one of my previous efforts (crappy phone pics, apologies!)

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In my experience coke and tinfoil will sort that right out!

Here is one of my previous efforts (crappy phone pics, apologies!)

Gosh that is impressive, how long did that take and was it just coke and tinfoil or did you also autosol, window cleaner etc it?

Fairy dish washing soap and the wee nail brush had them clean in maybe 15 minutes? The coke and tinfoil took maybe another 10/15 minutes and completely removed the rust. I polished them with a soft cloth after that last photo and clear-coated them but that didn't take long either!

What this clear coat business?

I don´t know how is it called in english, but this is the best way to repair chrome parts whilst the rust hasn´t affected too badly.

^^^^^^^I don't think so, no. Maybe they chrome was thin or cheap or too far gone.

nice name by the way, "if it wasn't for handsome boy modelling school, I'da still had my sixty dollars"....