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Cleaning and restoring a brass ship's bell

Q. Which would be the best procedure-an alkaline soak or an acid treatment for restoring a not too large old ship's bell?

thank you

Richard Marquart
hobbyist - Durango, Colorado, USA
2005

A. You can use 5% ammonium citrate solution(mix 50 gm citric acid ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] and 1 lit water,add some ammonia,pH must be 9).

Good luck!

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2005

A. Hi Richard, Check out letters 25955 and 26729, they may help you out a bit.

Good luck,

Jim Gorsich
Compton, California, USA
2005

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