"Steve Weinstein" wrote: > Was at the boat this past weekend (sad to see her up on jackstands > with mounds of snow over her deck!) and brought home a brass oil > lamp we inherited with the boat. > > The globe is spotless but the brass oil reservoir, gimbals, wall > mount, etc are severely tarnished. I don't think it's "pitted" since > I ran my fingers over it and it seems smooth enough, just darkened. > > I'd like to get it back to it's gleaming self and wasn't sure what > the best procedure would be. I've heard (possibly on this list) that > ketchup is a great brass polish. I tried it on one spot but it > didn't seem to shine anything up. Is this not the right way to go or > do I just need more elbow (finger?) grease? ------------------------------------ Brasso followed by a couple of coats of clear spray lacquer.
A good hardware store is your friend. BTDT, don't need the T-Shirt. Have fun. Lew _______________________________________________ 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
