[gregb]

Warren, the biggest problem is that by the time all of the scratches are gone so is a good part of the original plating and now the chassis will be more prone to rusting unless painted or treated in some way. I do understand that sometimes a chassis is so rusty or mouse damaged that a person has to do something but myself I avoid those sets. I do have some Scott's that have some pitting and rusting, I will strip them down to the bare chassis and have them replated.

Gregb