Flitz (or other)...does it work

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einsteinjon

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Does Flitz or some other similar product someone here may recommend actually work well to remove rust and tarnish? And what would you use to apply the specific product, such as Flitz? Your brother's toothbrush? A microfiber cloth? Your finger?

Thanks for the help! :thumbup:
 
I haven't used Fitz, but I've used Mother's all metal polish, and Eagle One Never-Dull.

The Never-Dull is solvent based, and comes with cotton wadding in the can. The All-Metal I've used with paper towels, and have removed rust/gotten a pretty high-sheen polish out of some knives with it.

You have to be careful--it'll polish off everything if you polish long enough including the blade markings!
 
I use Flitz to clean tarnish, gunk, and patina off blades, and I use old threadbare dishcloths or scraps of t-shirts to rub it on and off. It works quickly and easily.
 
I do not clean patina from blades, I do however on occasion use Simichrome to lap folder parts/actions.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
I use Flitz to clean tarnish, gunk, and patina off blades, and I use old threadbare dishcloths or scraps of t-shirts to rub it on and off. It works quickly and easily.
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Same here. Great stuff :thumbup:. I also use it with a leather strop to polish the bevel and take the burr off after sharpenning.
 
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Flitz is great. Everyone should own a tube of it. :thumbup: I usually just use it with a paper towel or cloth. You do have to be careful though about unintentionally removing etching.
 
Flitz is awesome stuff, right up there with mineral oil. A must have!!!
 
Flitz is the best , IMO.

The liquid type works okay , but I prefer the tube.

I bought a tube of **** a month ago because I couldnt find Flitz locally , this brand is also made in Germany but was like 6 bucks for a big tube , so far it works just as good as Flitz , but Im at work and cannot recall the name of it.
 
Tostig said:
Flitz is the best , IMO.

The liquid type works okay , but I prefer the tube.

I bought a tube of **** a month ago because I couldnt find Flitz locally , this brand is also made in Germany but was like 6 bucks for a big tube , so far it works just as good as Flitz , but Im at work and cannot recall the name of it.
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Simichrome?
 
Cool! Thanks everyone. It's always nice when there's a product out there that does what it says...rare these days.
 
I use Metal-Glo primarily. I find it does a good job of working slowly so you can either just remove gunk, rust, and oxidation from a blade without necessarily stripping a patina. I've used it to gently remove surface oxidation on antique pieces before without getting close to destroying the character, story, and value of the blade. On my modern pieces I just use more and rub longer to buff the metal to a glossy sheen, and have started using it as a strop compound with wonderful effect. :cool:
 
Flitz works well, and it's what I usually use for surface tarnishing, rust, etc.

But last week while camping, I didn't have any with me - so I used some toothpaste to polish out some tarnishing on a carbon blade. It worked surprisingly well! :thumbup:
 
I also use Flitz for surface rust. I don't know how well it will do for any deeper rust, though.
 
I tried Flitz for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It worked wonders on my "black" silver candelabrum.

BTW--Plan on throwing out the cloths you used.
 
Hahaha, toothpaste. Who'd a thunk it? I guess I wasn't too far off when I suggested using my brother's toothbrush to do the cleaning :D

Anyway, a couple more questions...if I were to use Flitz on the edge of a coated blade, how careful do I have to be with the coating, if at all? Also, someone mentioned being careful with etching...laser etching? I would think laser etching would be fine since it is physically carved into the blade. What am I missing?

Thanks again all! :thumbup:
 
I've used flitz to polish the brass bolsters on my 110, it works great but it doesnt take long for them to get nasty again though. Maybe there's something better for brass polish and preservation.
 
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