Rouge and sweat.

As I understand it, burnishing is just rubbing with a metal rod (or maybe
tumbling). Polishing is like sanding, but one uses successively finer
grades of rouge and buffing wheels.

Roger

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I have some deck hardware / fittings that are 'burnished' bronze, and
others that are 'polished' bronze (the difference being the latter have
a more finished/shiny/polished appearance - the former look like they
were simply plopped out of the mold).

By what process does one turn a 'burnished' piece into a 'polished'
piece?

MW