Well Bob, with a litlle elbow grease, Id done a few, first get it clean, then in auto body supply there is an
metal etch or rustoleum metal prep rubbed on with a rag. I smell some acid in that stuff. Clean that
off lac. thinner or something. Then I lightly block sand with 360 black paper (lightly) using carb., cleaner
clean, then block sand with 600 + carb cleaner, then finer paper that should start looking good. Now
there will always be spots or blemishes, then I rub in silver never seeze, then buff with paper towel.
Then go home. Tomorro lightly mist with ? say wd 40 and buff with paper tower. Now note, this is not
perminant fix, its only brightining it up. Time to time rub more never sneeze buff, call it like waxing a car.
Or like back when the car is beyond, we would wipe it with kerosine in the 50s wow. Trick is once you
get it there ya gotta stay with it.
A little time back, I took all my handwheels of everything, filed, sanded and sanded. Then 3 stages of
buffing. Looks like mirror, BUT it does not last unless once a wk. I have to appy chrome polish, cause
its buffed steel not chrome. check this out I bought this not abused but unused, not rusted just
dull - see the table and hand wheels which were grey now chrome. I keep cardboard on the table.