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I buy scopes off eBay and various classified sites and the best bargains are those scopes which have bad ring marks. I'm not talking crushing or denting tubes but normal to severe ring marks such as you'd find on scopes tightened by Bubba. My wife uses these foam pads sold as Magic Erasers from Mr. Clean. I tried these with a bit of water and a bit of dishsoap and with a little elbow grease even bad ring marks virtually disappear. I was amazed how well these worked. Link to Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. http://www.mrclean.com/en_US/magic-eraser.doThere are other brands out there as well and they work too.
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Thanks for the tip. What lead you to try it in the first place?
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Every now and then someone posts something very useful...thank you.
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Thanks for the tip. What lead you to try it in the first place? I bought a particularly ring marked up Elite 1.25-4x24 on eBay. Got it for a song. The wife had these Magic Eraser thingies and thought what the heck. Cleaned all the ring marks right off.
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I wish that you would have just told me about this until I had time to buy up a few bargains.  Just kidding. Thanks for the tip. miles
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Great tip. Thanks for sharing!
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Do you have any before and after pics?
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Thanks for the tip. What lead you to try it in the first place? His wife makes him scrub dishes, etc all the time...... 
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Thanks for the tip. What lead you to try it in the first place? His wife makes him scrub dishes, etc all the time...... Glad I'm not the only one Seriously though. This is a great tip. Gracious my friend
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Thanks for the tip but I thought you were going to show everyone a torque wrench.
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Very good thank you.
I have some in the kitchen now.
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Do you have any before and after pics? Sorry, I looked around for some B&A pics but couldn't find any.
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Could you go mark some up and take pics?
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Have you tried the Magic Erasers on light surface rust?
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Actually I have and they work pretty well and do not affect the bluing.
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How much elbow grease to magically erase my wife?
Thanks for the tip!
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Do they work on both matte and gloss scopes?
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I'm intrigued with your post, however I don't get how it would make ring marks disappear. Ring marks are imperfections or scratches in the anodized finish. Are you saying that these erasers fill the scratches and smooth them out? What about the aluminum color of the tubes that shows thru? Does it somehow re-color that?
Pics before and after would really help.
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I'm intrigued with your post, however I don't get how it would make ring marks disappear. Ring marks are imperfections or scratches in the anodized finish. Are you saying that these erasers fill the scratches and smooth them out? What about the aluminum color of the tubes that shows thru? Does it somehow re-color that?
Pics before and after would really help. Don't know why it has worked for me but it has worked several times. The whitish marks seem to go away and I don't believe that I'm removing any anodizing as the marked up portion of the scope remains the same shade as the unmarked portion. I never thought of taking before and after shots but if any of you have a marked up scope the Magic Erasers are cheap and five minutes of elbow grease will tell the tale.
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Thanks for the tip,I will try these out!
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