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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
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A. You can use 5% ammonium citrate solution(mix 50 gm citric acid [on
eBay or
Amazon] 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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