apskarp
295 posts
Aug 03, 2010
2:55 AM
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So I was on a holiday last week and had some time to try out few things how to polish cover & reedplates. I used some old hohner reedplates with the experiments. Here are the results I have gathered so far:
Polishing Cover plates:
-Citron acid: works ok if you let stay over night, but not great
-Eraser gum & lipstick: pretty good result
-Corega Tabs for an hour: Like new
Reedplates:
-Citron acid: works ok if you let stay over night, but not great
-Corega tabs: Takes sll the shine away and looks weird, don't recommend
-Brasso: pretty ok, but not great
-Ketchup: little better than the citron acid
-Oxygen acid in a form of powder that you rub on the surface: Great! (Sampo kiillotusjauhe)
Things to try out still: Sampo powder and old cover plates. Ketchup on the sandwich.
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joeleebush
43 posts
Aug 03, 2010
3:42 AM
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For polishing cover plates, I've found nothing as good or as easy to use than the following.
If there's an army-navy store near you, buy a "Blitz Cloth"...(used to polish military metals).
And you can order them on line too. Just enter "Blitz Cloth" in your search bar.
Rub the plates for about 60 seconds and then wash them off with warm soapy water and dry with a cloth. They'll look like new.
Been using Blitz Cloths to polish harp plates since 1952. One cloth will last over a year if you keep it in an airtight bag. They cost about 3 bucks.
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