Thread: Is CLR safe on SRs and their scales?

From what I am seeing I would try a good metal polish first as the rust doesn't look that bad on the one side of the blade. I don't resort to sanding until I give polish like Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish a try, if that does not get satisfactory results then I consider more abrasive.

Unpinning the scales does make it possible to do a better job of cleaning but be very careful as old celluloid scales can be very brittle and are easy to break.......trust me, I've broken more than one set that I wanted to keep. Unpinning and rescaling isn't that hard you just have to be very careful.

I won't comment on the CLR as I have not tried it.