Buttplate color

[Harry Sanders]

Basically you want mild abrasives in a NON petroleum liquid. The finer the abrasive the higher the polish and the longer it takes to remove the old oxidation. It seems to me I once used Bon-Ami cleaner too.

[Pa SxS]

Assuming there's no crud on it, I use Kiwi black liquid shoe polish Take it off the stock before you use it!