I avoid the polish and the abrasives like the plague on this one, guys.... The reason being is that it happens over and over, and after a few polishes, your through the chrome, and into the nickel, and then the gold colored stuff and it's all gone to hell in a hand basket...
I adhere to the hot pipe/oven cleaner theory, or, if it's already cooled down, I use Goo-Gone or brake cleaner and a soft rag,turned frequently, and I try not to get too anal about the last microscopic spots that would require polishing. (The way I got around that is I grab one of the girls and say "look at my pipe there where so and so got boot stuck to it...is it clean?" ) If they say so, then voila! it's clean! [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]