Originally Posted by
Rodney
Careful with the vinegar. It might strip the polish. Vinegar gets used as a rust removal agent but IIRC it will attack good metal too if you're not careful.
This is true. Warning, old man story ahead... in the '80s, silicone sealant created vinegar when it cured (you could smell it - nowadays they all "cure neutral"), and when anyone used it to seal their car windscreen you could guarantee the metal would be rotten due to the rust. Moral is that acid eats through iron, so make sure you wash it off.