Deep scratches in Chrome - can you buff out?

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So I am doing a resto mod on a 98 Magna, lots of chrome. most of it like new and a quick wipe with polish and it is a mirror. One of the pipes at the rear has some scratches from a passenger boot and they are pretty deep. I hit it with a power polisher and the fine ones mostly went away but can't get the deeper ones, the more I polish the better the chrome gets around but the worse the scratches look? I will take a pic tonight but I am used to polishin Aluminium and that is just sand till scratches are gone, then polish, I don't want to sand the chrome.

Thanks for any help in advance
 
You did right when you buffed it. Now apply some solver paint to fill in a scratch or gouge. For a final shine. I love the blue magic silicone polish. Works and seals nicely.
 
SASO Racing said:
You did right when you buffed it. Now apply some solver paint to fill in a scratch or gouge. For a final shine. I love the blue magic silicone polish. Works and seals nicely.

Thanks, I forgot to get pics, I got roped into X-Mass light duty outside. I am using blue magic. I will have to look into solver paint, got a brand name of that?
 
Depending on how deep the scratch is. I just guessed some silver paint might fill it in/ look better. But yeah, I dont know if theres a good temp/ fix.

Chrome is difficult, when it gets too bad you can always pay for a new chrome redip job, or buy a new part.
 
LOL thanks I am guesing your in OZ as the Solver when I googled it came up an Aussie brand of paint. Good Idea, I think I have some silver I could use to fill the 2-3 deep ones to hide the layer of brass showing in them, the whole part looks good except the 2-3 deep scratches have a gold look because they are through the top chrome layer. It really wouldn't bother me but it is a bike for someone else so I tend to get OCD on stuff.
 
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