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[bc]

...4X is what they use to finish fine furniture, but to each there own.

There's no comparison to the type of sheen on furniture vs. chrome.  Chrome (good stuff anyway) has a hard, mirror finish with an exceedingly fine, smooth surface, many times smoother than any wood finish.  Touch chrome with steel wool and you'll scratch it.  Maybe not much if you're careful, but enough to show in different light angles. 

The other thing about steel wool is that it leaves microscopic bits of the steel wool embedded in any surface it's used on.  On chromed steel that's setting you up for pitting and rust.

bc

[REGGAB]

There's no comparison to the type of sheen on furniture vs. chrome.  Chrome (good stuff anyway) has a hard, mirror finish with an exceedingly fine, smooth surface, many times smoother than any wood finish.  Touch chrome with steel wool and you'll scratch it.  Maybe not much if you're careful, but enough to show in different light angles. 

The other thing about steel wool is that it leaves microscopic bits of the steel wool embedded in any surface it's used on.  On chromed steel that's setting you up for pitting and rust.

bc

BRAVO, my Brother!  Well said!  You are correct.  Thanks!   

[1Harleyrydr]

protectall is my first choice

[grandpadoc]

I tried Glare Spyder on my chrome recently and it polished some scratches off a heat shield scuffed by my BSR.  Doc

[limited1432]

On The pipes heel marks ....ready for this one............I used a big pencil eraser (rubber) size of a 1/2 candy bar  and it took the marks off the cat pipe from my rocky shoes.....

The bike was cold...It would have come off a little faster I think if the pipe was warm....

[Badger Mike]

If you're talking about best wash, I'm not sure there is one.  I'm a fan of just regular car wash with carnuba wax in it and blow dry with the leaf blower.  The best cleaner wax that I have found out there is Zymol!  Really grabs the dirt and oxidation off of the bike and sets it up for a good polish if you want to go the extra step.  I've been following the Zymol with Liquid Ice by Turtle Wax to polish.  Then I'll use either Meguires or Liquid Ice spray in between wax/polish jobs.

Oh, and Led Zepplin IV on the stereo