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1.Use some burnishing compound with as fine a grade of wet and dry paper as possible.
2. Polish all of the boiler, cylinders, piston rods, or anything else brass with this and Brasso it out. (liquid brasso is better, more in a tin and lasts longer than wadding)
3. dont use wet and dry on the piston itself you may damage its stroke inside the cylinder.
For corroded brass parts etc,
1. Soak in vinegar and salt mixture for a while, take out and brasso them up!
For bases, i find using "flash multipurpose surface cleaning wipes" with the bobbly bits on one side, makes light work of removing crud and oil from bases. plus it leaves a lemony smell :)
for chrome,
1. scrub with wire wool/steel wool
2. brasso out
REMEMBER!
never buy new parts unless you have to!
make do and mend!
basically everything on a mamod can be mended, so dont buy new, crappy parts.
for safety valves, whistles overflow plugs etc that screw into the boiler:-
dont buy new ones! just replace the fibre washer under the object and if a safety valve leaks, replace the rubber "o" ring on top.
before you steam any engine for the first time- always press the springy part of the saftey valve up to release the o ring so it can work properly.
you can see how well these have worked on my se3 at the top, and my flatbase se2!
(above, engine "as found", below, engine after cleaning, no repainting)
