Chrome experts please......

I have used steel wool to cleaned chrome for many years, bumpers, bike rims, and handle bars, pretty much name it. After a few years found the pieces to become hazy, as if I was removing the chrome plating and just polishing metal. One of the gun forums I visit, mentioned the use of “bronze wool” to remove light rust without removing the blued gun finish.
It’s what I have been using ever since, doesn’t rust, doesn’t shard, doesn’t break down like steel wool, and it does come in fine, medium and course grades. I also found it better to use around engine components’ as it does not fall apart like steel wool…….something to think about.