After working for several hours with dry elbows since all of my elbow grease was worn out, trying to get the stains off of the logs, it hit me that the scotchbrite pads would be much better than trying a rag and cleansers. Anyway, after rubbing with a SB pad, I still thought this was too much work. It hit me again! Why not get my little electric vibrating sander, put a SB pad on it, then just stroke the logs the way they were meant to be stroked; gentle and easy.
My wife had picked up some of that Bartenders Friend powder, so I got that with my hose and sander, and started to finish the job I started. It went like a cutting a piece of chocolate cake. I had that sander gliding over the toons, They were shining like new by the time I got through with the first one (about 15 mins for the outside of one).
I, then, moved to the second while the first was rinsed well and drying. I went back and applied a nice finishing coat of Lemon Pledge to help protect the metal from the elements on our next adventure.
Before:
After:
Used this with the SB pad:
