Time has come to polish the nails on my Powerflash and a few other modern machines I’ve got. In the past I’ve used Brasso polish with a shoelace and rag to polish (I don’t want to remove the nails completely; even though I do own a vibratory tumbler used for rock polishing that I’m sure would do wonders). Seems like a lot of trouble and tedious work to remove them completely.

Just wondering what polish some of the professional restorers use? Is there anything better than Brasso polish? This time I’m going to try polishing the heads of the nails with a wire brush on my Dremel tool and see if that helps them stay bright and shiny longer. Any tips or or suggestions are welcome; seems like after I polish with Brasso, results are just OK, better than ugly dark tarnish, but not super shiny like you see on new machines or professional restoration. Also, they seem to start to tarnish again after just a couple years.