How do you safely shine up antique nickel finish?

[THREEDFLYER]

Anyone had experience in putting a shine on nickel finishes without doing damage?
How about Flitz??
Tom

 

[kennyb]

i have used flitz as well as mother's mag polish...both work great...when finished add a coat of renaissance wax

 

[THREEDFLYER]

Wax?

Where is a good source for the wax?
Tom

 

[fat tom]

Try ebay. Quicker than driving around or thumbing through the yellow pages and making calls.
f.t.

 

[murphydog]

If the nickel is dull, polishing will help, and the products mentioned work well. If it is "frosted" or otherwise more deeply eroded, you may not see any difference with polish.

 

[H Richard]

Other easy sources for Renaissance Wax is Midway and Brownell's. Also, most good wood-working sources carry it as it is a great furniture wax also. I purchased some form Highland Woodworking, Atlanta, GA.

 

[stumper]

I've used Flitz on my old nickel guns with great success. I follow a little regiment after polishing with Flitz to buff the surface real good with a cloth until no more black tarnish comes off. I then soak the gun down good with Sheath and let it sit for some weeks. Eventually I will wipe off the sheath and polish with wax. Seems to be working well for the guns I have done it to.

 

[DWalt]

I'd think most any paste wax would give good results. If the old Simoniz auto wax (not liquid wax) is still available, it should work fine. I have used Simoniz on wood gun stocks and it works very well, also neutral shoe polish (colorless). But I already have a can of Simoniz on my shelf which is probably over 30 years old.

I checked the Simoniz website, and they still make Simoniz automotive paste wax, but it shows to be $10.45/can. Might want to ask some friends or neighbors if they have any in their garage.

 

[gunlovingirl]

I use Renaissance Wax, but I've also heard that Johnson Paste Wax will work well also.