I am looking for suggestions on how to clean an lightly oxidized nickel plated horn. I will then polish it with Simichrome, but I am looking for an easy way to remove the oxidation that wont cause harm.
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How Do You Clean A Nickel Plated Horn?
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Re: How Do You Clean A Nickel Plated Horn?
Dave, for light oxidation I've had good results with Nevr-Dull. It's cotton wadding soaked in a light metal polish. The wadding seems to provide a very light abrasive action, but not enough to cause scratching. It then polishes up nicely.
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Re: How Do You Clean A Nickel Plated Horn?
Thanks! I appreciate the tip. I don't think this is going to be much fun.
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Re: How Do You Clean A Nickel Plated Horn?
Try using Blue Magic polish. It is a lot easier on the plating than Nevr-Dull and doesn't smell like gasoline. I used to be a Nevr-Dull devotee but it tends to eat a bit more nickel than I'm comfortable with. Blue Magic is also a lot faster.
Just be sure you buff it with a clean, soft cloth, or you will have a nasty blue haze on there that you will have to wash off.
Just be sure you buff it with a clean, soft cloth, or you will have a nasty blue haze on there that you will have to wash off.
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Re: How Do You Clean A Nickel Plated Horn?
Blue Magic is the bomb... agreed!VanEpsFan1914 wrote:Try using Blue Magic polish. It is a lot easier on the plating than Nevr-Dull and doesn't smell like gasoline. I used to be a Nevr-Dull devotee but it tends to eat a bit more nickel than I'm comfortable with. Blue Magic is also a lot faster.
Just be sure you buff it with a clean, soft cloth, or you will have a nasty blue haze on there that you will have to wash off.
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Re: How Do You Clean A Nickel Plated Horn?
Flitz also does a very nice job on oxidized nickel. It's kind of expensive, but it works great. Apply with a cotton cloth. It smells.
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