An old lady with a tarnished character - really, you should speak more nicely of your locos. They're like plants, you know, they only thrive if you talk sweetly to them. I bet the chassis will bind now :-)

 

But finally a good use for Cillit Bang, must remember that next time I swear at the adverts. What a difference your cleaning has made already.

Ahh - but she scrubs up nicely!

Not too happy with 'Cillit Bang' - but I might be using the wrong variety (the 'limescale buster'...)  Threre's so many diferent types now.  As I indicated, it took several applications - and it didn't appear to shift much!  Feel free to keep on swearing!

The big difference was the use of a fibreglass pen (just bought some latex gloves although a tad late!) and 'elbow grease!

Massive improvement already.

+1 for barkeeper's friend. It's a fine powder, so is slightly abrasive, and I mix it into a paste and work it into the metal. Big advantage over other powder-based cleaners is that it doesn't leave residue when rinsed.

Rosspop, Buckjumper - cheers folks, I'll look for it!

Good 'ole Amazon - 'BKF' should be here early next week.