Best thing to clean, shine the brass/gold door on stove
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We always used Never-Dull in the military, impregnated wadding material works good to rub/buff tarnished areas.
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Brasso here.
Works very well but I would wear rubber gloves and do it in an area protected from anything you don't want stained.
Can get pretty messy.
Works very well but I would wear rubber gloves and do it in an area protected from anything you don't want stained.
Can get pretty messy.
Wizards' metal polish is just about the best stuff out there, though it might be a bit of overkill for a stove. It provides a show quality shine. It's Nevr-dull's old formula. It's pink and sweet smelling. Looks and smells exactly like cotton candy. I use this stuff for chrome, as well as the brass hardware and steel blades on my knives & swords. It works on just about any metal. A close second is Metal-glo, which is a lot messier because it's a paste rather than a cloth wadding product.
I would never use steel wool, nor anything abrasive on it. Once you scratch it, you'll play hell trying to unscratch it. One of my favorite metal polishes is "Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish". Works on just about any type of metal. Use a cotton terry cloth rag. Don't rub hard. If you can't find it, go to your nearest Harley dealer...they've got it. Brasso's the old standard, and works fine. Again, a soft cotton rag/towel is all you need. Nevr-Dull works OK, too. Soft cotton rag for the final cleanup of the haze. Rick
Your Avalon door is cast brass, and can be polished with any of the products mentioned in this thread (we have used Flitz, Mothers and Brasso with good results).
Your Summit door is a thin layer of 24k gold plating over nickel plating, and will scratch and eventually erode away if you use an abrasive polish: just wipe clean with denatured alcohol on a terrycloth towel.
Your Summit door is a thin layer of 24k gold plating over nickel plating, and will scratch and eventually erode away if you use an abrasive polish: just wipe clean with denatured alcohol on a terrycloth towel.
Brasso's pretty abrasive. I'd be afraid it would polish off the gold. Whatever you use, go slow and gentle.
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