I agree I use Mothers.........for a little surface oxidation it's very fine steel wool to knock it down, Flitz to clean it up and then Mothers to maintain.
I rarely do anything but maintain these days though
These V&H Rounds have almost 30K miles on them.
I use glass cleaner with a toothbrush & Q tips then never dull about once a month.
Referring to inside the ends.
Just did them before this picture.