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Just a tip for anyone who is polishing small circular items such as a headset or hub or seatpost:
If you have a pedestal drill grip the item in the chuck then turn on at reasonably low speed. Then you can polish without all the rubbing effort. CAUTION - make sure your polishing rag doesn't get wound round the chuck as things could get ugly! This might also work with a hand-held power drill but would only be suitable for the smaller stuff because of the smaller chuck, although if you managed to attach your item to a piece of studding with bolts, washers etc it could work
I just polished 50 brass doorknobs using this method and it only took me about 20 mins with great results