i waslooking at my brass on my t/c hawkinsunder alight and i saw small scratchs in it.very fine.so, i sat and said to myself, i hate it. i had to remember back to woodshop class in high school. how did it get the scratchs out of brass then?hmmmmmmmmmm.well, i used a grinder at school .big 6 inch buffing wheel.so, i said , how can i do it on my hawkins.DREMEL TOOL.i went to lowes and they have small cloth buffing wheels for dremel tool.i then took my mothers gold mag/aluminum polish, you can use other polish, i like mothers.so, took my finger and rubbed the mothers on the brass,then buffing wheel on low speed and went to work. well, it took all scratchs out and what a shine i got. unreal.you only have to buff for about 15 seconds on each part ,does not takemuch.