How Do You Clean Nickel On A Great Western Antique Stove?
The Great Western Stove Company was organized in 1875 as a division of the Great Western Manufacturing Company in Leavenworth, Kansas. The company’s workers hand-crafted more than 100 different styles of heat- and cook-stoves until about 1920. Virtually all of their products are classified as antiques today. Many of the old stoves are trimmed in nickel, which tarnishes with time and use. Even ornate, scrolled and curved nickel trim will gleam again after a thorough cleaning and polishing. Be sure the stove is cold when you begin cleaning, and set aside a morning or afternoon to work uninterrupted. Cover the cast-iron parts of the antique stove with newspapers or old towels while you clean the trim. Wipe the trim down with a clean microfiber cloth to remove dust and dirt. Squirt a small amount of commercial metal polish, about the size of a nickel, onto a microfiber cloth. Apply it to the nickel trim, working left to right and top to bottom. Clean about 6 inches at a time. Cover the are
