As might be remembered my woodworking occasionally must needs take longer pauses due to health. I bought an LN #4 a year or so ago and got it in bronze thinking it wouldn't rust.
Fast forward to recently and I was finally able to get back out to the shop. The #4 was unusable because of the black streaks it was leaving on the board. I sat down today and a friend of mine and I started to try to rectify the situation. We started with a polishing cloth like LN sells. One whole side of it black I could still run a dry finger over the sole and have it come up jet black.
Am I missing something- a simpler way to correct this? Did I just buy the wrong plane?