You may have buffed the chrome off and could be looking at the nickel (assuming it was triple plated here) or the bare metal itself. I think if it were my parts, I'd have 'em replated..
I had pretty good luck polishing the bluing off my ATVs pipes with a sisal wheel and some black emery followed by white rouge on a cotton wheel, but the pipes were in good shape to start with. The white rouge really brought out the shine again..
Perhaps a little more "oomph" with the loose wheel and white rouge. Are you cutting against the wheel's rotation then coloring with the rotation???
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