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thank you all for your excellent recommendations. im going to try them all and hopefully come out the other side with a process that works for me. looks like i need to get me some liquid plastic polish, suck it up, and stay off the buffer for this last step.
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what about a good quality car wax? has anyone tried it? like menguiars or better?
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Oh, yea, for the buildup on the pins, take a soft toothbrush, and cut the bristles about a ¼ inch from the plastic base, brush the pins, changing directions, 90 degrees. Buff with a folded into quarters, micro fiber.
I polish the pins smooth, with a 3-4-inch piece of chopstick with a divot drilled on one end in a drill press, and a dab of diamond paste, then metal polish.
I buff the scales on the buffer and some does load up on the pins and collars, then use the cut down toothbrush. If you have a lot of hard build up, a bamboo toothpick is great for breaking it up. Bamboo tooth pick are sharper and stronger, than regular toothpicks.
They are also great for a stripped-out screws in wood, dip the tooth pick in wood glue, tap into the hole and break off flush, if needed use 2, drive the screw in tight.
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If you have access to an ultrasonic cleaner it will get that gunk out really fast. Warm water and Dawn work great in the cleaner