My old man insisted we score.
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That looks good. You just want a very thin coating.

I think it's important to clean the circuit boards without creating scratches which can trap dirt and cause further wear. I only use Brasso since it cleans well without harming the bakelite surface. If the rivets are grooved severely, I will resort to reworking them. Either just smoothing them a bit, or in extreme cases, adding solder and reforming the rivet.

ever since you suggested brasso a long time ago, that's all i've used....

- degrease board well with mean green...
- polish with brasso... which, fwiw, is the easiest method... less mess than the previous methods i had used, like sandpaper with iso...
- grease with superlube...

done...

Metal polish like Mother's also works just as well as Brasso. The Bakelite comes out nice and clean as well.

There is also "Silvo", it is a finer version of Brasso. as the name suggests, for cleaning silver.
Steel wool is good to, it come in many grades.

Wonderful stuff for shining up rusty pin legs but keep it the ^%$ away from the insides!!!

Red Scotchbrite on the circuit boards here. ~400 grit is fine enough that I'm not worried about scratches.