No worries about the music that was a great video and you have a great voice. I generally immersa completely in salt and vinegar and only use the flour paste on things that can't be immersed. Using steel wool now after the copper comes up to restore the brass color. Again spot on video.
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I couldn't be bothered making a poultice so when I discovered a furniture restorers solution I gave that a try. Ideally immerse the brass fittings in distilled white vinegar (no idea if mine was distilled) in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Check first with a magnet to see if it is solid brass or plated and if plated be wary of exposing the steel underneath. Then remove and rub down with 0000 steel wool. If it has acquired a coppery look, the steel wool will remove that. Some of the things my wife wanted cleaning were to big to go in the saucepan so I stood them on a plastic tray to collect the run off and used a small paint roller to dip the boiling vinegar and apply to the brass and then the steel wool. This method is especially good with engraved brass because using a metal polish leaves a residue that is hard to remove in the grooves. This was quick and easy. No abrasive papers, the steel wool is all that is needed, and no need for polishing. Just rinse and dry. I'm debating, with some of the items, whether to spray coat a lacquer finish to save repeats in the future.
Thankyou for this! Been using cider viniger for door handles, but it's taking a long time! Nice of you to share with us despite some of the rude comments..
In case you want to clean the brass again, try ammonia. I clean my antique brass clock parts with it. I soak the pieces for 5 to 10 minutes and not much longer or they start to turn black. Of you have doubts about ammonia, look at the ingredents of most polishes and you will find ammonia in them. also for bad spots, use 0000 steel wool
Hi Darin Thank you for the video I was looking for something like this one from a long time , just that I cudnt hear the ingredient list properly all I heard was vinegar and flour was there anything else to be added
Did you say “flour” was one of the 3 ingredients in your paste??? (great voice! but your narration audio was kinda low). Have you tried simple ketchup? left on a few hours or overnight if tarnish is really dark and old. I was blown away for how well it worked on restoring an outdoor all brass sconce lamp I took apart that was dark greenish brown. I actually thought it was copper until I rinsed off the ketchup in the sink and it revealed the brass! I did get some slight copper coloring (pink) on it in a few spots (i guess since copper is one of the ingredients of brass, the other being zinc) but drying the parts off and a little rubbing using dry 0000 steel wool, the “pink” disappeared to leave the shiny yellow brass finish!
I too have a brass cooker fitting. Tried the vinegar and bicarbonate of soda thing. It worked well until I used the burner. It is now black again. Has yours tarnished since using this method ?
I've not been accused of being professional lately. :) This was not even a video I meant to make. It just worked so well that I used really bad footage to throw it together. This was a while back and I agree the music was way too loud and the vo was way too quiet. I think background music can work if kept in the background when it needs to be. Thanks for taking the time to comment and give some advice.
I am not sure what "ethnic" counter tops are but your statement is not exactly true. I didn't even mean to make this video, as I said in the video. I shot it on my phone while working with the other hand and it ended up working so well (the cleaning, not the video-ing) that I decided to post it thinking it could help someone else who was looking for something like this. I am sorry it didn't meet your standards. I was just trying to share something that worked well for me.
