I'm a lapidarist (faceter), and discovered years ago that a lot of the materials used there work well for metal, also. My personal favorite is Raybrite TL. If you have some serious de-grunging to do, mix a little of the above with light oil or water, touch the end of a popsickle stick or tounge depressor to it, and go to work. Once rust, pits, etc. are removed, glue a piece of light leather to another stick, use same again, only lighter touch. Nice part is, you can file or sand the end of the stick to match the countour of what you're working on. For finish polish, I use Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish on 2 or 3 layers of old t-shirt glued to another stick. Check the phone book (or Giggle) for lapidary supplies. As an aside, there have been a lot of questions about Chrome Oxide, some of the lap. dealers carry it as a mylar sheet, glues down on a sheet of glass and makes a great hone. I use Silicate of Soda (Sodium Silicate) to glue it with - no lumps!
Mikey
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