How do I Clean a Rusty Midcentury Soap Holder?

Anyone have suggestions on how to clean these soap dishes up to make them a bit more presentable? A bathroom renovation is a few years away.

?? Get some chrome polishing paste from an auto parts store. Autosol metal polish is great stuff and very cheap too 

?? Liquid barkeepers friend will clean and polish it.

?? Is the chrome flaking off? You could use very fine steel wool (or even an SOS pad) to remove the rust and polish, but if the plating is gone, you’re going to have to get creative with paint, contact paper, or silver leaf to make it uniform.

?? I’ve used barkeeps friends and Tin foil with water to remove smaller areas of rust off chrome in a bathroom

?? If the plating has gone you can send them to a chromer to have them polished and rechromed. This is a regular thing for vintage car decorative parts.

?? Loosen the grout. Pull it out. Spray it with outdoor silver polish. Then re-grout it. That is what I would do.

?? Fill a spray bottle with undiluted white vinegar. Generously spray the corroded chrome and let the vinegar sit on the surface for 10 to 15 minutes. Dip a toothbrush or soft-bristled nylon brush into vinegar and scrub the corrosion off the surface. Wash the chrome with soap and water, rinse and dry it with a towel. Then use STEEL WOOL to shine it all up – works like a dream.

?? You can’t fix that…it needs rechromed. That’s the only thing you can do, aside from replacing it. I would rechrome it just so I could say it was original but, that’s my OCD talking.

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