I can think of perhaps dozens of products that Will polish metal but thought I would ask the folks that are used to old engines. I know Nickel is much "harder" metal than brass but as a plating it may be less than paper thin.
So I am looking for a product with low danger of rubbing thru my old Nickel plated boiler. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Remember, polishing, much like oil for engines that runs less than ½ hour a year, is religion in collector circles.
The less you have to going on, the bigger is the single issue.
My two cents worth on the matter:
If you´re talking Wilesco, then it isn´t much of a problem. If your have to polish so much that you go through, that boiler was deemed dead from pitting before you started.
Quite hard to work through a Wilesco plating compared to many others...actually to the point where i suspect they might be chromed and not just nickelplated.
Personally i am solely using Autosol, which is a fat white cream like Mother´s Finest, Maas and Simichrome, but in my opinion the best of the four.
Wouldn´t touch any of the obsolete granny products like Brasso, that you have to shake for minutes to loosen it up, just to end up with a much too thin lumpy substance anyway.
Anyway, if you use your sound mind, towards what you´re working on specifically at the moment, it doesn´t matter much which brand you use.
I am talking Wilesco (right now) it's good to hear they have and extra hard grade of plating, thanks Jan
Maas (Walmart/Ace Hardware) and Simichrome (Harley shops)
I've never tried autosol, I use Maas.
Thanks guys! I have a tube of Autosol coming in the mail to give a try....free shipping to
I've never tried autosol, I use Maas.
I've never been able to locate Maas Bruce, I use these three from Autosol -
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Interesting , I will have to give those a try Jim.
I have the gold tube on the way, think the pink tube is food safe?
I had not seen the Aluminum formula, but now Jim posted I will keep an eye out for it.
I have the gold tube on the way, think the pink tube is food safe?
I had not seen the Aluminum formula, but now Jim posted I will keep an eye out for it.
The first gold tube Ben is the one I use 95% of the time.