DryOil is virtually invisible and hardly noticeable on chrome and is easily washed off with soapy water. It is best put onto clean surfaces where it has spectacularly effective creeping qualities and penetrates into every crevice .....perfect for difficult to coat surfaces like wire wheels or in engine bays. It is exceptional at dispelling moisture which can be seen to bead up out of no where and seems to be chased off by the fluid. On motorcycles there seems to be little or no smoke even on exhausts when starting the engine.....unlike other products. It is not designed to be a long term storage protection solution but if a car or bike was kept unused and garaged over winter it would take little or no effort to go round every once and a while , say every couple of months and give it a refreshing squirt of DryOil. Because of the way it creeps a fine spray of DryOil goes a very long way and makes application very quick and easy.