If you want clean and shiney brass there are two roads, spray or not spray.
Spray stays shiney longer between stripping/polishing/re-spraying, but gradually gets dingy as the coating ages. Not spray requires continual polishing but stays a constant glowing color forever. The nicer the nice the higher the price... Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL > [Original Message] > From: Steve Weinstein <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/25/2010 2:59:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] cleaning brass - ketchup??? > > Norm, > > I haven't found any green (on the lamp or in my wallet!) but the brown seems > to come off with the NOXON. As noted in my earlier post, when I get that > puppy gleaming again I'll protect it with a clear coat of something. > > > Steve Weinstein > S/V CAPTIVA > 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 > Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY > > All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] cleaning brass - ketchup??? > > > > > > > > I have several bronze deck fittings. > > > > I have noticed there are two forms of "patina": brown (which I believe is > > copper oxide) and green (which I believe is copper sulphate). The brown > > is > > tight and smooth, the green soft and crumbly. > > > > I have found that if I remove the green (using bronze wool soaked in light > > oil) and leave the brown, the brown becomes more widespread and the green > > less widespread perhaps eventually leading to no maintenance (in my dreams > > anyway). > > > > This has happened to my ship's clock, more protected down below. I > > polished it thoroughly when I first got it and cleaned it from time to > > time, removing any green but careful to avoid removing brown. Now it is > > all brown and I have not found any green for years. > > > > > > Norm > > S/V Bandersnatch > > Lying Julington Creek FL > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Steve Weinstein <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Date: 2/25/2010 2:03:16 PM > >> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] cleaning brass - ketchup??? > >> > >> As I was working my finger to the nub with an old discarded t-shirt and > >> ketchup - and not getting anywhere (no, I didn't try boiling it in > > ketchup - > >> yet!) - my wife came in and handed me a container of "Noxon" silver > > polish > >> telling me to try it. I looked at the label and it allegedly was good for > >> brass also - so what the hell.... > >> > >> BINGO! Works like a charm! I can see that this little project could take > > a > >> while since you've got to apply some serious fingertip pressure with the > > rag > >> with the gunk on it but the result is nice shiny brass. A great project > > for > >> sitting around the fireplace 'till the weather warms up. As soon as I'm > >> finished with the polishing I intend to lacquer brush all surfaces and > > see > >> how long that lasts. > >> > >> Someone also suggested using clear varnish. Any thoughts on that??? > >> > >> ____ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > > > To search the archives > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
