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Cleaning Marine Tarnished Brass
April 21, 2009
Hello,
My sailboat has many solid brass hardwares on deck. Over the years they have taken on a tarnish seeming "unmoveable" by anything I have used. I've run the gamut of products ( I think). Can you come up with the magical stuff I need? Someone told me
muriatic acid [linked by editor to product info at Amazon]. This was a hotel doorman who had been polishing the outside hardware which were brass water hook-ups for fire trucks. The brass was brilliant.
cleaning diver - Sausalito, CA USA
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First of two simultaneous responses -- April 29, 2009
I suppose muriatic acid would work, but citric acid also does an excellent job and is much safer to work with. Let us know if we can help.
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Ray Kremer Stellar Solutions, Inc.  McHenry, Illinois |
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Second of two simultaneous responses -- April 30, 2009
Try 5% ammonium citrate solution(50 gm citric acid/ 1lit water +add ammonia until pH is 9, cold solution works slow, hot faster/80 C/).If your objects are wax or lacquer finished you must remove coating first. Hope it helps and good luck!
Goran Budija- Zagreb, Croatia