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I have an Oliver 77. I would like to bring out the original patina. Clean it up. No intentions to repaint. What do you recommend to clean it and bring out the color?
 
I have heard from several people that FLITZ works good, no personal experience with it. I have seen the ads on Classic Tractor Fever for it. I have used automotive polishing compound and it worked fine for me.
 


I would use phosphoric acid. It will creep in under the paint to kill the rust that has already gotten in there, so that you are truly preserving it.
 
wipe it down with diesel fuel then a good rubbing with turtle wax paste it will look good and it will stay quite a long time be fore it needs the next wax job , my allis chalmers fleet have their original paint and are all working tractors
 
(quoted from post at 20:47:03 12/01/22) wipe it down with diesel fuel then a good rubbing with turtle wax paste it will look good and it will stay quite a long time be fore it needs the next wax job , my allis chalmers fleet have their original paint and are all working tractors
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Whenever I have gotten paste wax on anything other than smooth paint the paste has stayed white and stuck on there unless I wire brush it off or let it weather. That is a lot of work or looks awful.
 
(quoted from post at 11:28:28 08/29/22) I have an Oliver 77. I would like to bring out the original patina. Clean it up. No intentions to repaint. What do you recommend to clean it and bring out the color?
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Someone recommended Flitz to me. I tried it on my 1970 826. Side sheet metal wasn t too badly weathered and shined up well (top vs. bottom). Top of hood was more weathered. . It looked a lot better but nothing like the side.

Just to show what one process with one product did.
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