Is there a better way to clear rust from car chrome?

[Me22]

W124 left in a garage for few years. The chrome has rusted. No damage to the metal. Just the colour has changed to dark reddish brown similar to brass or bronze colour.
There is so much of it. All the chrome on the roof, around the windscreen,...etc.
I tested a small area with a chrome rust removing liquid. It improved it a bit but not brilliant and it will need a lot of time and effort.
Do you know of an effective chrome rust remover substance or a way to clear it?

 

[Gazwould]

Aluminium foil .

 

[Me22]

Aluminium foil .

Very interesting. Never knew that rubbing chrome with aluminium foil removes rust.
thank you.

 

[Mr Greedy]

If this were a pro restoration job, they would remove the trim and either buff on a high speed polishing mop wheel, or re-chrome.
I only mention this as an insight into the probable answer, which as you have suggested, is likely to involve a large amount of hard work.

Older chrome was chrome played steel. Modern chrome plating is usually nickel plated first for corrosion protection, and then chrome plated (I think chrome plating had a lot of micro holes, hence the corrosion without the buckle plate).

If you removed all the trim yourself, re-chroming isn't all that expensive and will broadly stop this from happening in future. It might be worth weighing up hours of work buffing by hand, vs hours of work removing and refitting?

How much chrome are we talking here?
Like this?

 

[peterws1957]

Would not a lot of the trim be aluminium or stainless steel? Hand polishing in situ with a metal polish will be time consuming but gives good results. There's not much you can do with pitted chrome plate though. A very fine Scotchbrite well lubricated will reduce the appearance of rust pits, but the only real solution is to rechrome. Expensive to get it triple plated (copper/nickel/chrome layers), but avoid some places who will simply put a layer of chrome on bare metal. Won't last very long. Depends how far you want to go with it.

 

[DREAMER NO2]

I have used very fine wire wool and i mean very fine to clean up lots of items including chrome ..And you shouild try it on your front screen you will be amazed at what comes off it .

 

[Me22]

If this were a pro restoration job, they would remove the trim and either buff on a high speed polishing mop wheel, or re-chrome.
I only mention this as an insight into the probable answer, which as you have suggested, is likely to involve a large amount of hard work.

Older chrome was chrome played steel. Modern chrome plating is usually nickel plated first for corrosion protection, and then chrome plated (I think chrome plating had a lot of micro holes, hence the corrosion without the buckle plate).

If you removed all the trim yourself, re-chroming isn't all that expensive and will broadly stop this from happening in future. It might be worth weighing up hours of work buffing by hand, vs hours of work removing and refitting?

How much chrome are we talking here?
Like this?

The video makes it look easy to remove.

 

[morgluis]

Wire wool with some chrome polish.