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Old 11-13-2004
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Stainless

Best for cleaning rust from stainless steel is to power buff(with fabric wheel) and with "tripoli" a natural clay / diotomaceous earth mixture as the buffing compound. You can buy it at hardware stores; it comes in ''stick'' form - spin the buffing wheel and press it on.
If the stains/rust are deep first use sand paper - 400 then 1300 then 2000 grit before buffing, especially if you want a ''mirror'' shine. Metal polishing with a high speed fabric wheel and the correct compound will be exponentially faster and easier. Use ''jewelers rouge'' for brass/bronze/copper, "Tripoli"for stainless and other ''white'' metals.

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