What did you use to get the caps so nice?
I used a small Rotary Tool, (economical version of a Dremel) sold at Harbor Freight, comes with a variety of little attachments including polishing pads. Also purchased a polishing kit there which contains 2 types of ***eler's Rouge. After a little research on the uses for the different colors of rouge, I used the WHITE ***eler's rouge. Took about 2 minutes! Also works like a miracle on old tarnished wing screws and such. Those of you who have a more "equipped" shop probaby have a bench grinder with a polishing wheel you can attach...same results, but this smaller tool seemed better suited to the small job.