MAAS, FLITZ and other Polishing compounds
For all who want to know:
MAAS and FLITZ are brands of metal polish...
-Commonly found at hardware stores, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, online, etc.
-Used to polish a blade
-can be applied
1) by hand with a soft (preferably lint-free) cloth and rubbed in, then buffed off with either a buffer or by hand with another cloth
2) using a dremel and felt wheels/muslin wheels
-felt wheels will turn black from the residue and chemical composition of the polish
-Often used to clean an eBay blade when you first get it as well as a final polish
Feel free to add to this thread for all of the inquiring newbies out there.