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Chrome. Windex or even denatured alcohol. I would also look into high end classic car forums. Whatever a guy who spent near or over 6 figures on a car uses on that cars chrome should be fine for drum hardware?

In my looking around at antique furniture restoration those guys used hand rubbed stuff on most things. Takes practice and technique though to get it to not look streaky or swirly.

Nevermind. Read your post again. Depends on condition and quality of finish your kit came with. If it is some deep crystal clear near shellac? I don't know. If you've got a lot of scratches or swirls in your finish you may never get it out of the box looking again. I know dick about drum acoustics. But I know I'd be terrified of trying to do much more than wiping off my acoustic guitar. Matter of fact you could try Gibson Guitar Polish? If it won't frick up the sound of an acoustic guitar, it won't screw up drums.

"Out of the box" look I think would require full restoration. Sanding and a spray gun and a ventilator. I'd be at a loss there and probably writing a check. Lol

Good luck.

Best thing I ever did for my drums was finishing the inside of the shells with teak oil. REALLY brings out the grain and makes them look great and sort of rounds out the attack.

Thanks for the recs. Will post updates on how it turns out.