Jim Waterman posted:For the bright work that may be heavily tarnished (or even showing rust through the plating), I got the good idea from this forum to use the 0000 steel wool on them. Boy does that work good. Bought a box of parts approximating a Lionel Ives 1766 set of cars - all the plates were there but rough. The steel wool brought up the shine without taking away the painted letters.
Jim
Found out my local Ace hardware carries this stuff. Guess I gotta get busy.