Well the keys on my flute were looking pretty grungy so I took them off and spent an hour or so polishing them to a nice sheen. As I was struggling getting the tarnish out of all the little nooks and crannys I kept thinking there has to be a better way… I wonder how Jessie (silversmith) does it with all those flutes?
I use a couple of those silver polishing cloths. I use one impregnated with some red stuff that seems to take the heavy tarnish off faster; and then I follow with a cloth that is white which gives the silver a great shine. A tedious process. I know I know, if I did it more often it wouldn’t be so hard, but I don’t. Actually one of the reasons I put it off is that I dislodge a pad nearly everytime I polish. Then there is the frustration of getting the thing to reseat in exactly the same way so there no leaking, reglueing etc. I was thinking about getting one of variable speed Dremel tools with a soft wheel, but what polishing compound would I put on the wheel… what kind of wheel?
Anyway, I’m sure there are several great methods that you are using that may work better than what I’m doing.
Clark