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Ike's? A belt sander makes for great improvement just as sba dollars greatly improve in a blast furnace or a nuclear test now Morgans...,

 

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Is there enough relief on a business strike for sand paper?

 

It gives me relief

 

Wow this thread is almost 2 years old

 

Some people bump old threads...sometimes it happens because a question is posed that is relevant to the topic and the information contained here helps, a whole new discussion is started. Sometimes they are bumped because someone wants attention.

Usually, threads stop getting posts once the conversation is finished. If this thread doesn't get any attention and the discussion doesn't pick up, it drops back down again pretty quick.

 

Lemmon Juice, like in a green bottle?

 

Tarnix doesn't work on Ike Dollars. i tried and it did nothing.

 

OK, there is a product used for cleaning stainless steel and copper. Try that. Sold in most grocery stores in the US.

 

I didn't see anything. I tried 409 because the maid said to try that. But it only left spots on the ikes.

 

409 does nothing to them either way.

 

The product I am talking about is called "Kleen King" (at least that's the one I have) made by the Faultless Starch/Bon Ami company. I think the active ingredient is oxalic acid which is a reducing agent.

 

Does it make stainless steel shine? Are Ikes made of steel?

 

As a reducing agent, it seems to work with many metals. I will take one of my old steely looking Ikes and give it a try.

 

what is a reducing agent?

 

Someone working for the FBI and on a diet

 

An oxidizing agent is one that promotes reaction with oxygen to form oxides (OK, there's more to it than that, but let's keep it simple) while a reducing agent will cause the oxides to give up their oxygen and go back to metal. I tried a dip on an old grey Ike with no real effect. I then tried some "Bar Keepers Friend" which I think has oxalic acid in it. Neither had very good results, so I just used some metal polish and buffed it up. My pictures really don't show it, but the polishing/buffing made it look superficially better (don't dare to look too close with a glass).

 

reducing Agents shouldn't bring a shine, though. Should they?

 

http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3009737

is that it? I never saw that before.

 

Looking at the msds, it doesn't show oxalic acid as an ingredient. Does work well on cookware though.