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
