Galoots,

I have finally used up the last of my Noxon 7 metal polish. My last bottle
lasted me probably 10 years, so I have apparently missed the fact that this
long-standing, superb product has been discontinued and is no longer
available at a reasonable price... I'm seeing some for sale online for $125
a bottle!

So, given that Noxon is NLA, what are y'all using for general purpose metal
polish? I used it on brass, steel, copper, and occasionally chrome, and I
actually strop my chisels with it as well (on a leather strop charged with
the polish.

Thanks in advance.
Zach
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517-231-3374

On 3/20/2024 11:05 AM, Zach Dillinger wrote:
> Galoots,
>
> I have finally used up the last of my Noxon 7 metal polish. My last bottle
> lasted me probably 10 years, so I have apparently missed the fact that this
> long-standing, superb product has been discontinued and is no longer
> available at a reasonable price... I'm seeing some for sale online for $125
> a bottle!
Yeah, I used that for many a year.  Sometime around 2020 is when it
disappeared...had I known that I would have grabbed a case of the stuff.
> So, given that Noxon is NLA, what are y'all using for general purpose metal
> polish? I used it on brass, steel, copper, and occasionally chrome, and I
> actually strop my chisels with it as well (on a leather strop charged with
> the polish.

I've been using Brasso 7 Metal Polish (comes in a gold squirt bottle). 
That seems to work as well as the Noxon did.

FWIW

Tony (a zagging and a zigging today)


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Galoots,

I have finally used up the last of my Noxon 7 metal polish. My last bottle
lasted me probably 10 years, so I have apparently missed the fact that this
long-standing, superb product has been discontinued and is no longer
available at a reasonable price... I'm seeing some for sale online for $125
a bottle!

So, given that Noxon is NLA, what are y'all using for general purpose metal
polish? I used it on brass, steel, copper, and occasionally chrome, and I
actually strop my chisels with it as well (on a leather strop charged with
the polish.

Thanks in advance.
Zach
--
Zachary Dillinger
517-231-3374

Hey Zach
  I hadn't heard of Noxon 7 polish but you know me, if its polish I am 
usually there haahahaaah
  I saw some on ebay for about $40 but that is still pretty dear.

   Jay Leno sold me some polish on one of his shows called Quick-glo. 
Its homemade by a couple of old car nuts and works really good on old 
plating.
   I use swirl mark remover for everything! Its probably a little more 
abrasive but still not as abrasive and Flitz. (another old name)
Every auto parts sells their own version of swirl mark.
   Taking pick scratches out of an old pickguard and making it sparkle 
is totally possible with swirl mark. In fact polishing old instruments 
it is always my go-to.
   Also on the shelf are traditional cutting and rubbing compound for 
hand rubbing old car paint. Been around forever and alwasy effective
  Maguiers sells a newer product for the same purpose. It has a super 
mild abrasive comes in a pint bottle for $12.
Lately there are million cream polishes made for foam buffing of car 
paint. I have some foam wheels and a rt angle buffer but haven't got 
into it yet.

There is a chemical polish made by Flitz called Instant Tarnish Remover. 
This stuff is aggressive watch what you get it on
(it left a ring on my kitchen formica ! formica!!) But holy mackerel, 
black brass gone back yellow in 45 seconds flat.
  Never Dull is still around in the familiar can (it still smells haahah)
   But if you want Magic Cloth, well that has been gone a while but one 
time my mom got a box of packages at a yard sale so I have one for you 
if needed.
   Old hardware stores still carry pumice and rottenstone, the classic 
furniture finish polish. Pumice and water followed by rottenstone and 
oil. I have rubbed new guitar finishes down this way as well as furniture.

    Bar polish, for buffing wheels, is all over and comes in a million 
flavors/types. The popular chrome polish (green stick) is not my 
favorite for anything.   I like cut n color (removes tarnish then 
settles down to polish)
  but coarse and med aluminum oxide are both very good polishes.
For my cutting edges, hand stropping, I use the coarse Al/ox on leather. 
It takes more when you are just hand stropping. It takes me more anyway.
yours scott

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On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 8:06 AM Zach Dillinger 
wrote:

>
>
> So, given that Noxon is NLA, what are y'all using for general purpose metal
> polish?


I have a tube and tub of simichrome as my go to for serious concerns.

Shop around, it's a bit pricey, but goes a long way.  Some specialty shops
charge an arm and a leg, others only a finger or two.
https://www.simichrome-polish.com/


Also some Blue Magic Polish for less gross stuff
https://www.bluemagicusa.com/exterior-appearance/metal-polishes/

And a 3M radial bristle brush in 220 grit when I don't care if I remove the
patina.
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40064820/

Kirk in Half Moon Bay, CA  too much polishing, not enough using lately.


-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA 

"Never-Dull" from Eagle One. Comes in a round can. It's polish impregnated
cotton wadding.
I get it any good auto parts store. My wife discovered my stash and uses it on
her jewelry.
When I can't find the can, I ask her. She always has it.

-JP

On 3/20/24 11:05, Zach Dillinger wrote:

> 
> Galoots,
> 
> I have finally used up the last of my Noxon 7 metal polish. My
> last bottle
> lasted me probably 10 years, so I have apparently missed the
> fact that this
> long-standing, superb product has been discontinued and is
> no longer
> available at a reasonable price... I'm seeing some for sale
> online for $125
> a bottle!
> 
> So, given that Noxon is NLA, what are y'all
> using for general purpose metal
> polish? I used it on brass, steel, copper,
> and occasionally chrome, and I
> actually strop my chisels with it as well
> (on a leather strop charged with
> the polish.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Zach
> --
> Zachary Dillinger
> 517-231-3374
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
John Pesut
Boardman, Ohio

GG's

"Flitz" metal polish is very popular with bicyclists, motorcyclists, and other
lovers of chrome plating.  I find it pricey but effective.

When I run out of Noxon, I'll switch to Brasso.

As I write this, I've wondering what would happen if I tried Green Chrome
buffing compound as metal polish.  ( With PPE, of course. ). Buffing compounds
can be purchased in economical large bars.

John Ruth