Wally wrote:
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.)

I like 3M deburring wheels, medium is nice for getting tarnish of brass
Follow with AutoSol metal polish (a white paste).

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

I use red rouge on a cotton buff (6" @3600 rpm), Brasso is ok but tends to be somewhat more
messy as you note below

Cheeers
Marty
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).