Flitz Metal Polish Paste for Chrome, Stainless Steel, & Aluminum (5.29oz)

I have used a lot of different kinds of cleaners, to clean different types of metal. This metal polish and cleaner supersedes anything I have ever used. I had a knife that my dad build, that had black tarnish all over the blade. This polish removed everything. It looks better than it did new. I have used it on brass, stainless steel, everything cleaned up spotless with now abrasion marks. It will even remove minor scratches. Buy it.

Been using for years, one of the best metal polishes on the market

I’ve used Flitz polish for years and on more projects than I can recall. I’ve used it on knives, guns, CDs, headlamp housings, safety glasses, drink thermoses, stainless steel, blued steel, chrome, carbonitrided steel, aluminium, brass, copper, carbon fiber (the resin), plastics… you get the idea. On stainless steel, it makes the surface even more rust resistant and reduces general staining, great for pocket knives. On plastics it can improve light transmission and help the surface shed water and stains. On blued steel, when used with a light touch, it removes rust, produces a deep luster, and helps protect against rust. It brightens and deepens the luster on anodized aluminium, and on raw aluminium it polishes and protects the metal itself. It can be used on CDs (I’ve saved many!) and similar to remove many scratches, same as headlamp lenses and safety glasses. I have used it on glass to remove hard stains, but never use it on coated glass (eyeglasses, sunglasses, binoculars, rifle scopes, camera lenses, &c.). When applying and rubbing the polish in, the pressure you apply affects the results. This is, despite their claims, an abrasive polish with an equivalent grit of something like 5,000. On brushed steel, I use a light touch in straight lines to bring up the luster and protect it without over-polishing it and losing the attractive surface grain. On headlamps, I press fairly firmly and use a swirl motion. I’d recommend using single use applicator and rubbing cloths, that paper cloth stuff does well (see photo), but other textiles works fine. On complex surfaces, a toothbrush or similar may also be used to good effect. On many plastics, I find that adding water helps the Flitz keep ‘biting;’ on metals I often use an oil (e.g. Slip 2000, I’d avoid oils with Teflon). Once finished with the rubbing, I have a dedicated ‘dirty’ rag (microfiber, see photo) to pull the excess Flitz off the surface and to refine the finish. Finally, another cleaner rag (microfiber) to get rid of the last of it and complete the polish. On anything that carries food or beverage, I go ahead and wash with warm dish soap thoroughly (no offensive taste or odor is evident). Speaking of, the stuff has a pungent odor and is hard to wash off the hands (dish soap is recommended). At all hazards, avoid getting it into your eyes; if used on a power tool, use safety glasses! Flitz claims that the polish will protect metals for 6 months, obviously mileage varies depending on use. For a knife that is subjected to abrasive use, the 6 month promise is optimistic. On the other hand, a gun going into a humidity controlled safe and seldom handled will probably be fine for years. This is a great product to have in any home, it is versatile and indispensable! It breathes new life into worn or tarnished surfaces and helps protect them no matter their condition!

This is the very best metal polish.....EVER! I have used it on my 2020 Toyota RAV on the plastic headlights and they now look new; used it on gold and silver jewelry and it took out all the scratches; just used it on an aluminum bracelet (see photo) and it took out all the visible scratches on it. It is fabulous!

The Flitz metal polish paste is awesome. I used it on my front door. The brass handle has been on the door for 31 years and never cleaned before, believe it or not I would not use any cleaner other than flitz . thank you.

Works good and shipppig was fast

Shipping was great and the product is awesome

Little bit goes a long way. Restored the finish on a National guitar without much effort.

Good

For different polishing purposes I have used in the last 30 years a paste called "Pool Blau" that my mother bought to do kitchen cleaning. Since the past is now gone, I had to get a replacement. Flitz is coming to the quality of Pool blau very near. Since its also working for any kind of glass, it also works for Fiberglass and therefore also for plastic/resin model kits. There are also polishing componts from Tamiya, but there are hard to get here and way more expensive.

Better than Brasso anytime!

L'ho provato su metallo cromato per togliere piccoli graffi ed ha funzionato moto bene

I usually rely on stainless cleaners that you would apply to a kitchen sink or fridge to clean my DeLorean - they do a pretty good job with light deposits, and apply a great shine, but struggle to clean off any contaminants, oxidization, hard water spots, or anything that's really 'stuck on'. I decided I wanted to see just how brilliant I could get the stainless steel body panels, so I went with Flitz, mostly because it was advertised as non-abrasive (and checking carefully showed that indeed it is). Flitz does what it's supposed to - it's a great 'deep cleaner', and easily took off hard water marks, oxidized contaminants (the black gunk pictured), and everything else - stuff all the previous stainless cleaners that I have used struggled to get off (if they got it off at all). I found that I had to use quite a lot of Flitz to do the job, but because it was so effective, I didn't particularly mind. The one area Flitz loses marks for me is in the shine/appearance department - maybe I was doing something wrong, but I didn't find it really left a 'mirror shine' - the pictures on Flitz's site of brilliant shine after polishing aren't what I experienced. The metal looked clean, but even after a buff, it looked a little dull. I followed up the Flitz with a traditional stainless polish/shine (Weiman's), and that did the trick. I worked section by section - polish with the Flitz, buff it off, apply Weiman's, buff it off. The result is the passenger door there - I might do it a second time, but it's pretty impressive, and the Flitz added a depth of clarity and shine to the stainless steel that a traditional stainless cleaner alone just doesn't. Four stars - one star removed for the fact that I don't really think Flitz is a 'shiner' so much as it is a 'deep cleaner'. I think for anyone that's trying to clean up metal that has oxidization or 'stuck on' marks that won't come off with a more gentle cleaner, Flitz is probably your best choice; with no physical abrasives, it's not going to scratch anything (unless you use a poor quality micro-fibre), and it really preps the surface for a proper shining product.