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Removing Tarnish from Copper, Brass or Bronze

I know that aluminum foil in a boiling vat of water, salt and baking soda [linked by editor to product info at Amazon] will, upon contact with silver, remove the tarnish from silver. Can something similar be done with tarnished copper or brass? -Can you use the same technique, but tin or zince metal (in place of the aluminum foil) to remove tarnish from brass or copper?

Andrew Athanassiades
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

W. Carl Erickson
- Rome, New York

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