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Help with the cleaning of my sword

I recently received a sword which was from some fraternity of some king in Texas, however it is in bad shape and I would like to clean it. The problem is that there is the blade is engraved with designs and I don't want to ruin them. Could you help me?

Katherine Chazarreta
'student' - Fort Worth, Texas, United States
2004

Now I'm curious--which king of Texas was it?

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003

...and here I thought only the Czars of Texas carried swords. But seriously, if you think the sword is of any value have a professional appraise it and if it is of value have a professional restore it.

Jason Aube
- Flint, Michigan
2004

Iron and steel cleaning solution:

50 gm citric acid [on eBay or Amazon]
1 lit water
add some ammonia [on eBay or Amazon] (25%)
pH of solution must be 3,5

Good luck.

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2004

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