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[Ismaelg]

Hello again!
 
 Any advice on cleaning and bringing back the dull metal parts in this working Argus C3?  Lens, knobs, dials etc.
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[Finnegan]

I have not been able to polish off tarnish like that but I found a website showing the Mercury camera, which is always found in tarnished condition, but this guy must have found a way to polish off the tarnish because his Mercury cameras are brilliant

[One90guy]

I polish mine with a Dremel and Simichrome metal polish, bought from amazon. Having tryed 4 or 5 I found it works best for me. Some I do almost look like chrome and others just never polish out nice. Its slow work as the part gets hot, I usually lay o

[Fallisphoto]

If it isn't too bad, there is a marine aluminum brightener called Alumabrite that might work. Keep it well away from the glass. Alumabrite is part hydrochloric acid and part sulphuric acid and you mix it with water.  
 
If you try to buff or polis