Ditto to Simichrome! I've used them all and Simichrome is the best. I work at a music company that manufactures precious metal ( silver, gold & platinum ) flutes and it out preforms everything.I'm lucky in the sense that I can go one extra step after the Simichrome and buff with Tripoli and then "gloss" the hardware with red rouge and kerosense on a buffing machine.BGT
BGT,
Okay, I'm now sold onto switching to Simichrome, but finishing with a red rouge buff? I buffed some nickle-over-brass [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Ludwig&Ludwig [/FONT]marching snare claws with red rouge and the nickle just buffed right off. Once I got down to the bare brass, I had to have the claws replated (opted for real gold! very expensive but looked fantastic!).
So the rouge buff is safe to use on a chrome finish, but not the softer nickle?
And how is the kerosene used with the buffing wheel? First the rouge, then the kerosene or vice-versa?
And for which music company did you do this work? (I've been looking for a gold flute for my wife just to keep her quiet about all the Dynasonics that have been arriving at the door lately).
Mike C.