Bobsprit wrote:

I have several boxes filled with brass oil lamps, barometers and
clocks I want to clean. I was using Noxon 7 or something to that
effect. Slow going and then I remembered those TV ads for Tarn X.
Does anyone know if that stuff really works?

If it's really grotty, I use fine Emery cloth with some oil on it. (I use
MolySlip cutting oil, because that's near my lathe.)

Follow with AutoSol metal polish (a white paste).

Final polish with Brasso (light fawn liquid based on seagull ****).

After that, buff, buff, and buff some more.

Some felt wheels and a variable-speed Dremel can make short work of the
AutoSol and Brasso stages (wear eye protection in case the Dremel goes too
fast and the polish flies off).


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