Cleaning wire stretchers

Anyone use CLR to clean their stretchers and if so does it need to be washed off after to prevent any damage to the fur?

Rusty or what? I would think a wire wheel would do the trick.

WD40 on a rag will take off surface dirt,rust and grease.
It wont hurt the fur.I use it occasionaly to remove a rust mark on a dry beaver pelt fur.

I used some of my stretchers in tanning last season so the salt did some damage to a few.

I have used 4 aut (0000) steel wool, with moderate pressure to clean off lightly rusted rat stretchers. If the galvanized coating is gone or thin, I lightly spray them down with clear sealer (spray can type).

I was gonna suggest steel wool with a little wd 40, but didn't want to be an ignorant idiot. This way I'm just ignorant, lol.

I had surgery on my hand about 6 months ago. Im pretty much back to normal but doing a scrubbing motion for a long period really bothers my hand and im trying to save the strength in my hand this week for setting traps as season opens tomorrow. I used the clr and it seemed to work great, I didn’t have to scrub too hard and it wiped off easily and I just wiped it down with a paper towel and it didn’t leave a residue or like an oily feeling. Just wanted to make sure I don’t need to scrub that off now