How to remove rust?

chriiiiiiiis

What is the best way to remove rust from a chrome heated towel rail?

thechippy

Something like solvol autosol metal polish will do it, but you may still have pitting on the chrome where the rust was.

MX5huggy

It will only be a temporary fix it will go rusty again,

27col

If the chrome is bad enough for rust to have formed then removing the rust will only be a temporary fix.. As MX5huggy says, it will come back. I suppose it all depends how bad is the rust pitting..

ormus

light surface rust can be removed simply with wd40.
once chrome is pitted though, its there for ever.
modern chrome is rubbish now.

SailorSam

I think i've seen small cans of chrome spray paint in B&q. check it out and maybe you could just rub it down with emery paper and spray it.

phill99

I've used Brasso in the past on chrome to remoive rust and it seemed to work well.

bryanb

It's the base metal under the chrome that rusts (Chrome almost totally rust resistant)
Once the chrome and any other layers are eaten through by rust from inside there's not much you can do. Preventing rust conditions- water and oxygen helps but is often impossible.

keith969

Unfortunately, as ormus says, modern chrome towel rails are rubbish. They rust in no time and there's little you can do except replace them...