Bringing out the shine

[handi2]

I start out with Bar Keepers Friend which is a mild scouring powder containing oxalic acid. Usually that is enough. It works very fast, unlike Nevr Dull.

Bar Keepers Friend acts as a mild passivating agent on stainless steel parts.  Basically, stainless parts can rust when sanded, machined, etc because it exposes free iron particles within the stainless steel.  Passivating stainless parts is a chemical process that dissolves any free iron on the surface, and leaving a thin chromium oxide layer that gives stainless its rust preventative properties. 

In addition, chlorides attack stainless steel.  That includes bleach, and salt water.  Some grades handle it better than others, but using Bar Keepers Friend will maintain and prolong stainless parts better than most alternatives.  I use Bar Keepers Friend in the solution I tumble polish all of my stainless parts in to enhance the corrosion resistance. 

That's good to know

[Three se7ens]

Does Bar Keepers Friend leave grit in the gear teeth??
-steve

Its a powder, kinda like comet.  You mix it with water into a slurry to clean parts.  Use it after degreasing everything, and be sure to rinse it off completely after you are done.  I dont think Id recommend long time soaks with it, though.

[oc1]

Like Comet, Bar Keepers Friend has some sore of gritty abrasive in it.  I never tried it on a reel but would not want any of that gritty stuff left behind.
-steve

[CaptainRMF]

Hey Brystons. If you want quick and easy this is what I used on all my internals. I got it at Home Depot to keep the brass foot rail on my bar shiny. After degreasing the internals with Simple Green, rinsing in water the let dry. I use a small buffing wheel in a dremel or battery drill, squirt some on the piece and buff. Takes all the black tarnish off real easy and leaves a great shine.                                                   Richy.

[Maxed Out]

That's good to know Captain, I might give it a try.

Up till now, nothing else I've tried comes close to the nevr-dull and no machinery required 

Ted

[thorhammer]

That's good to know Captain, I might give it a try.

Up till now, nothing else I've tried comes close to the nevr-dull and no machinery required 

Ted

Ted, I think you may have some OCD issues....

[Maxed Out]

That's good to know Captain, I might give it a try.

Up till now, nothing else I've tried comes close to the nevr-dull and no machinery required  

Ted

Ted, I think you may have some OCD issues....

OCD ? Well, I never reeely cared much for Over the Counter Drugs , I prefer the prescription type.  

 Ted