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Cleaning bronze??
On 19 Jan 2004 05:08:27 -0800, (bookieb) wrote:
Don't know about cleaning - mild metal polish, eg Brasso?
But to keep clean, you can get lacquer for just that purpose.
A bit like varnish, works well, but can get a bit yellow over time.
You can just polish it off again if you want.
If the OP is actually going to use the chocks as, well, chocks, I
expect lacquer would wear off immediately. As for cleaning, there are
many products and homemade remedies. In my opinion, the best product
is 3Ms metal polish. It's available in Worst Marine. I've
occasionally seen it in hardware stores. My observation is that if 3M
bothers to make a product, it's usually about as good as you will
find, but expensive. Other remedies: Brasso, Barkeep's Friend,
toothpaste (yes,toothpaste) and many others. All of them will require
significant elbow grease. How long will the shine last? Not long. I
do recommend the occasional cleaning and polish, though, Some bronze
will pit f you don't take minimal care of it. You should be able to
keep a set of chocks OK looking without too much trouble. Now my boat
has bronze ports, cleats, winches, turnbuckles, hinges, hasps and what
not. Luckily it's a pretty good grade of bronze and doesn't really
ever do the green/black thing.
If you want it really shiny, like brass lamp shiny, the best way to do
it is to polish it to the desired shine, clean it thoroughly with a
soft cloth to get the polish residue and fingerprints off, and coat it
with lacquer. Then, store it in a vacuum at -200 degrees and only
bring it out to admire on alternate February 29s.
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