Best thing for cleaning a steel shaft

[turkish]

Got a few wee surface rust spots on my shafts and looking to clean and polish before it sets in.

I was thinking a wire mesh brush and soapy water and some wd40?

Anybody with experience in this?

 

[Yant]

Wire wool.

 

[Hobbit]

CIF. I used to restore old 70's Japanese motorbikes, and spent hours shining up mudguards using CIF, or JIF as it was called back then.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I would just give them all a rub with a cloth impregnated with a decent light oil, GT85 or 3in1 would be my prefered choices. I would say taking anything abrasive to them will weaken the chrome finish around the spots concerned.

 

[clubchamp98]

Johnsons baby oil.

 

[One Planer]

AC90 or WD40.

Spray on, buff off, rust gone, steel coated.

 

[patricks148]

leave it out in the rain for a couple of weeks in Scotland,, you won't notice the spots then:rofl:

 

[drdel]

Avoid abrasive 'polishes': modern technology enables current day chrome plating to be very, very thin.

Automotive mild colour restoring polish is as 'abrasive' as you'd ever want to go. Then polish with a good quality natural beeswax.

 

[Sidsidgwick]

I removed some rust spots from one of my old steel shafts using a slightly damp piece of tin foil.

 

[turkish]

My mother in law gave me a spontex pad which is basically wire wool though maybe quite as coarse with soap through it... worked a treat- one wipe took it clean off without scratching the metal.

 

[Luca4]

Wire wool.

+1, with a touch of WD40 to lubricate, works a treat

 

[Robster59]

I used Innkeepers Friend on mine, worked a treat.

 

[Gentabout]

I used some of this a while back to clean my old club shafts up and it worked a treat.

Parker Hale Youngs 303 Gun Oil. It left a nice protective covering as well.

 

[turkish]

I used Innkeepers Friend on mine, worked a treat.

I actually bought this Steve before the monster in law gave me her pad- does it polish it up and protect as I'll maybe still use

 

[Robster59]

I actually bought this Steve before the monster in law gave me her pad- does it polish it up and protect as I'll maybe still use

My error, it's actually Bar Keepers friend. It certainly polishes but I don't think it protects.
Bar Keepers Friend