i got my misb masterpiece grimlock today and one of his chrome tailpieces has a large seriously discolored/gunky looking splotch on it. 1. was this a common problem? 2. what is the best way to clean it up (i hope it can be cleaned) without damaging it?
id be curious to know too. i got fingerprints on my grimlock tail and MP 10's bumper that doesnt seem to do anything other than smear :\
I've found that for fingerprints, a soft dry cloth can be used to gently wipe them off. When I do this I never have problems with smearing.
Use your fingernail to gently peel or scratch it off. Use a soft dry cloth to polish the chrome after you get the "gunk" off.
Soft cloth first. And if it was a first run Takara version, watch the screws inside the tail pivots: They can end up scratching the chrome on the tail.
so there is no "magic bullet" then? the way this gunk looks tome it i don't think the soft cloth is going to do much good without something else in the equation. sucks you spend $140 on a MASTERPIECE and you get something like this...
also i dont think i did a good job explaining it. if you touch the "spot" it has no texture. its kind of a cloudy/hazy/grey discoloration that is darker in some spots and lighter in others. im kinda thinking im just screwed here. the cloth did NOTHING.
Try spending $200 on an MP Rodimus and it not even holding together. Takara don't really care too much. People will buy anyway. Post a picture? You're not entirely sunk. If you can't clean it off, and can't return, you could send the tail sections to a place called Chrometechusa. They do very good work, although their turn around is several weeks from what i remember. Removing those tail sections can be tricky though... the screws tend to be very tight, so you'd need a perfect fit screwdriver.
yeah, i also had this in mind when i was posting. awesome info, thanks! im not even sure how to anymore.
Home Page This stuff works wonders, I used it on MP Megatron as well as every other chrome surface I need to clean. This stuff is a magic bullet. Don't scrape or rub anything else on your chrome. You can find it in grocery/drug/hardware stores. It costs about $5 for a can and will last forever. Just tear a pea-sized piece of the wadding off and buff out the blemish!
well that just sounds wonderful. i'll def give this a try. if this doesn't work then i know ill just have to have it re-chromed. thanks!
After you used it on MP Megatron did you have to continue using it or does it protect the surface as well? I cleaned the cosmic rust on mine once but it just came back so I never bothered to do it again. I didn't want to clearcoat it.