"Rust"Ed Maze!!!

[Will]

Only a few days after the Ti opening and rust's already ruining the beautiful work! Any suggestions on how to remove it without ruining the plating and how to prevent future rusts? It's a humid place here and some of my other puzzles are having the same situation.

[Mark76]

Brass does not rust........ But it does tarnish. (The TI SE's cores are not plated, they are just solid brass).

Some Brasso or other Brass cleaning product will remove the tarnish and bring back that shine.

That's assuming Chris sent you the TI SE and not the final plated version? But then again the final version will be nickle plated which also doesn't rust, but will also tarnish, Brasso worked fine on that for me aswell . (Is your core brass coloured or nickle/silver coloured?).

[RevoGuy]

We have not sent any plated Ti's out so it is most certainly an unplated Barss core

[Mark76]

Ooooooooo Shiny!!!!!

[Will]

Used some brass cleaning liquids, and it did take the tarnish off - but unfortunately also scratches the puzzle and now there's some nasty stripes of silver on the shaft.

But it did work and thanks for all the help.

For a related question, why should the puzzle be put int the fringe? I have seen mentions of that everywhere in the forum, and still did not understand why.

[Alimorris]

For a related question, why should the puzzle be put int the fringe? I have seen mentions of that everywhere in the forum, and still did not understand why.

Will, sometimes mazes get a little tight when using them. This may be because the warmth from your hands and also because you are moving metal parts against eachother.

The pin, spring or other maze parts expand and so this makes the puzzle tight and sometimes has been known to seize.
Putting the Revo in the fridge or freezer let's the metal contract back to its designed use and therefore it becomes free to work.