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This may not solve everything but it's what I use.
I've an old collander and a rattle can of brake or carb/throttle body
cleaner from an auto parts store. I just squirt off the small parts in the
collander. Call it a poor mans parts cleaner. It's a pretty agressive
solvent so be careful what you use it on. The collander can also be used to
soak parts in a can of solvent.
For polish, why not use a fiber polishing wheel charged with some brass
polish. Comet copper and stainless cleaner from the kitchen also works on
some metals.
Bill Daniels
"Ron Wanttaja" <ron.wanttaja@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:9lomk25vpdde760ng7khgon7is22ldneeh@4ax.com...
> (Original question was about how to clean a thick layer of grease and dirt
> off
> some old turnbuckles with minimum manual effort.)
>
> Just as an update to folks...I ran one turnbuckle through the dishwasher.
> Did
> well at taking off the surface crud, but it didn't really shine up the
> metal.
>
> Going to try the rock-polisher next. My wife has a small one, with
> buckshot-sized media for cleaning metal for jewelry work. Think the media
> is
> too large, so I might try (unused) kitty litter.
>
> Ron Wanttaja
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