An alternative to the "green patina" or the bright-finished bronze is to
treat it with teak oil. It will take on a beautiful (to me, anyway)
brown-bronze patina that is quite durable. And giving it a wipe with teak
oil every once in a while is a lot easier than trying to keep it polished or
worrying about that plastic coating flaking off.

--
Karin Conover-Lewis
Fair and Balanced since 1959
klc dot lewis at centurytel dot net


"Chris" wrote in message
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Hello and thank you in advance for your suggestions. I'm in the
process of refinishing my boat. The exterior Port lights and fairleads
are of solid bronze. I'm going to sand and polish to a bright finish
and need to coat with a urethane, or some other durable product that
will protect the polished finish and keep all gleaming and not turning
green. I once coated with a two part DuPont product (forget the name)
and it lasted for a reasonable time. I'm aware that there are new
products out there that will under these harsh conditions guarantee a
ten year protection but as yet have not located the company or
product.

Again this is an exterior project, often awash in sea water for days,
stepped on and lines rubbing constantly.
Any suggestions besides letting turn green and brasso every other
week???