if you have a lot of hardware to clean/de rust go to Harbor Freight and purchase a Vibratory polisher and some fine crushed walnut shell medium .....will polish up all your hardware as good as anything you can imagine..... add a little liquid compound and car wax and they will sparkle

Hey, Drumguy, I don't use steel wool on anything! You may think that you're doing no harm but, in actuality you're dulling the surface with each stroke. It doesn't matter what the grade. Microscopic scratches are left behind on the chrome. Once they are there, they are there forever (short of re-chroming). Try this: Take an old pair of dollar store sunglasses and "polish" the lenses with whatever grade of steel wool you want. Now put them on. I think you'll understand what I mean. Even the ooo grade leaves scratches. This is entirely up to you of course. Brian

That's the stuff. I usually just cover the parts in the dawn and add water and mix them up a bit.Mike

Nope, just leave it open. You'll be amazed. If the parts aren't too severely rusted, you can use the same liquid again. Believe me, steel wool will dull the surface of any chrome part. Brian