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Unread 04-04-2015, 03:49 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden View Post
Depends. If you are a seller, then it is called patina. If you are a buyer it is called rust.
To me a course cloth and gun oil is where you start, then go towards the very finest steel wool with a generous coating of oil, being very cautions as you go. There may be a bronze or brass pad that is even less aggressive than 00000 steel wool.
Let's see what the others say.
dju
I agree, with emphasis on the oil. The rust you're removing is abrasive, so you want to change out whatever you're using for a pad quite often, so that the finish, which you want to keep, gets the gentlest treatment.
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