Don't hate the player, baby.. hate the game.
Robin, who's opinion I trust says Gibbs works great for coating chrome and preventing reappearance of minor surface rust.. and was less expensive than comparable products.
But was the, and I quote, "highly touted capabilities of penetrant, rust remover etc that I found it lacking in."
That ain't hating, that's being skeptical when such a wide range of claims are made about a product.. especially ones like one Gibbs Brand distributor makes.. that PC professionals use Gibbs Brand to lubricate the bearings in their hard drives.
Uhh huh. Sure they do. Anybody who believes that probably not only lubricates the bearings in their brain (via their nose) with Gibbs, but also uses Gibbs Brand to treat yeast infections and ringworm.
And apparently, Gibbs Brand was as effective at removing rust from an aluminum toolbox as a soggy wad of tolit paper would have been.. which might explain why AD didn't report great results when trying to clean up his aluminum step pads.
So no.. it's not 'hating'.. it's being skeptical. Your mileage may vary.
I'm still waiting to hear from the guys in this thread who bought the stuff to hear how it worked out for them.
