Does anyone out there know of a method for polishing spoons to improve the finish without leaving a scent on the spoons that would repel steelhead? Would barkeeper's friend work, Crest toothpaste?

I am looking to polish real silver; gold; 50-50; brass; and copper spoons.

Thanks all,

Jake

Dawn dish soap works well.

I would use some barkeeps friend. then wash with lemon joy.... wright's brass polish works well too

Mr. Clean Erasers will clean the [censored] out of anything!

The residual scent is inconsequential.

An aggressive steelhead that is stimulated by the distant flash of the spoon has already committed to a willful assault regardless of how bad the thing smells when he gets there.

for once i agree with eyeguy. the scent means zero. have seen way to many salmon/steel caught on spinner blades rubbed with never dull. as long as it's bright and shinny, your "golden". agressive fish are smashers!

good point, never dull leaves a nice greasy residue. I have seen similar events on the Columbia during the summer steelhead fishery.

Brasso works

Thanks guys

Been using Never-Dull on Dick Nites for 30 years, works great and has never hurt the spoons effectiveness.

Back in another lifetime when I was a commercial salmon troller red bear was the ticket.

if they're lasting long enough to get dull you're doing it wrong!

I am a spoon greenhorn, haven't hooked up yet, hoping to change that on the Clearwater this fall

Sourdough works great on SS

be carefull. You will burn through that top layer on some brands. Copper is really easy to buff through. some spoons have a coating over nickle. R&B lure makes a 100% copper spoons. I Think its out now not 100% on that one. I just use rubbing compound that you use on cars. I have a reall small buffer too. and like every one says scent doesn't matter

Good ole toothpaste worked well for me. I polished up about 55 spoons and spinners this week with toothpaste and terry cloth. The hammered gold spoons were the only ones i couldn't get to polish up that well and the copper is stubborn too. As far as silver, nickel, brass, and anodized spoons, it works grrrrreat. Follow up with a fresh wash of ultra lemon joy and there good as new. Now i only got another 100 to go.

For copper use wright's brass polish.

The commercial guys here in Ak use Brass-O, or metal polish like it. They store their spoons in Anti-Freeze. I have used Brass-O and it worked very well on silver, brass, gold, and copper. I tried it on some of my Great Lakes spoons and it took the clear coat off. They actually caught more fish w/o the clear coat on the back. I had to polish them everytiem I used them, but they really caught fish (King& Silver Salmon) trolling in the salt. I really like some of the other ideas here, and will try all of them this year!
Thanks for the insight guys!!

no clear on the back is how some people order blades from me. They like to polish the hell out of them throughout the day. I know some very good fisherman that swear by doing this. I am too lazy, I frefer the clear so I can just chuck them in the tackle box and not worry about tanishing

i use a tumbler for polishing ammo brass, it does a good job.