I’m not saying you are wrong or right, but the first few google hits you show are meh at best. Things like salt, baking soda, and vinegar are going to have me using a lot of elbow grease, not that I mind, but depending on the situation it’s not always called for. It’s ironic that plating for stainless steel is done by submersion in acid, very strong acid. You simply dissolve the iron/steel away and it leaves you with a chrome finish that can be polish/buffed to a bright shine.
In a sense, polishing off rust a tarnish is a kind of de-plating process, so you want to be careful how much you use. That said, even mild polishes can be pretty effective if you leave them submersed. You’ll still need to use elbow grease, but not as much as if you just go at it right away. Aluminum also helps by providing donor ions. My biggest concern is usually not over-polishing, as it’s easy to take things like a chrome finish right off. For something as tarnished as the spokes on Jason’s bike, there’s going to be elbow grease involved no matter what you use because anything that will eat the tarnish quickly will also eat into the underlying metal.
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