Does anybody know an easy way to polish the brass and keep it that way? As I have gotten more guns with brass on them the polishing just tends to eat up a lot of time and it doesn't stay looking good for long. Mostly I am interested in getting it to stay looking good for longer.
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jtmattison
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Can't you protect it with wax?
I never polish mine. I prefer the aged look.
HD
I never polish mine. I prefer the aged look.
HD
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Huntin Dawg said:
Ditto :thumbsup:
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Can't speak for everyone else but I like the "well-used" look, because all of my rifles are well used.
Hunter66 said:
I just use Brasso...once all the brass on a TC Hawken is clean and well polished, I just touch it up periodically after every few trips to the range...only takes a couple minutes at the end of a cleaning session
I also like the look of aged brass. Mine is almost black. I take a spit patch after the end of my range session and wipe the bore. Then I wipe that black nasty patch on all of the brass. It gives it a nice tarnish pretty quickly.
paulvallandigham
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Bob308: Just put vinegar on the brass for a few minutes, and it will begin the aging process. Expect the brass to tarnish in blotches, which is the norm for aging.
As for an answer to the first question, What is an easy way to polish brash?
If you have vinegar, and salt, wet the surface of the brass down or dip a rag into the vinegar, and then shake salt on to the rag and rub the vinegar and salt into the brass surface. It will clean off the tarnish quickly, and I don't know anything that is faster, or cheaper. I do have Brasso, and it does work, slowly. The vinegar and salt work a lot faster.
As for an answer to the first question, What is an easy way to polish brash?
If you have vinegar, and salt, wet the surface of the brass down or dip a rag into the vinegar, and then shake salt on to the rag and rub the vinegar and salt into the brass surface. It will clean off the tarnish quickly, and I don't know anything that is faster, or cheaper. I do have Brasso, and it does work, slowly. The vinegar and salt work a lot faster.
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If you want to keep brass looking new and shiny, you could use a product called "Renaissance Wax". This is what museums and art galleries use to protect the items in their collections from tarnishing.
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It keeps metal like silver and brass looking shiny and new but it is removable when you need it. Just use Renaissance wax as part of your cleaning regimen. In between cleanings, all you have to do is take a clean cloth and wipe.
If you ever decide to let your brass tarnish, you just clean the brass like usual but DON'T use the wax. In time, it will turn color and look "old" again.
Some brass has a coating of lacquer over it to prevent tarnish. It keeps the brass looking shinier for a longer time but, over time it starts looking shabby because the lacquer chips and gets old. In order to restore it, you have to remove all of the lacquer, shine the brass up again and re-lacquer. This can be a large pain in the butt!
Still, some people like the convenience of only having to wipe the dirt off the outside surfaces when they clean and they never use their brass items enough to get the lacquer chipped up.
Personally, I'm in between. I don't mind if brass tarnishes but, if I decide I want things to look nice again, I want to be able to shine them up.
[url] http://www.restorationproduct.com/[/url]
It keeps metal like silver and brass looking shiny and new but it is removable when you need it. Just use Renaissance wax as part of your cleaning regimen. In between cleanings, all you have to do is take a clean cloth and wipe.
If you ever decide to let your brass tarnish, you just clean the brass like usual but DON'T use the wax. In time, it will turn color and look "old" again.
Some brass has a coating of lacquer over it to prevent tarnish. It keeps the brass looking shinier for a longer time but, over time it starts looking shabby because the lacquer chips and gets old. In order to restore it, you have to remove all of the lacquer, shine the brass up again and re-lacquer. This can be a large pain in the butt!
Still, some people like the convenience of only having to wipe the dirt off the outside surfaces when they clean and they never use their brass items enough to get the lacquer chipped up.
Personally, I'm in between. I don't mind if brass tarnishes but, if I decide I want things to look nice again, I want to be able to shine them up.
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Many Klatch
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My wife uses lemon juice and salt to clean brass and copper. Just mix up a slurry and rub it on with a clean cotton cloth, the brass or copper cleans immediately without any rubbing. She uses the cheap ready made lemon juice that you can buy at the grocery store.
That being said, I have never used it on any of my guns.
Many Klatch
That being said, I have never used it on any of my guns.
Many Klatch
It's amazing to see how many people responded to this thread and did not even try to answer the poster's question...just jumped in with their opinion that they never do that, implying that he shouldn't do it either, and do what they do instead :rotf:
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clean it with brasso and then paint it with clear fingernail polish or tape off the gun and spray some laquer on it.
try a little tooth past,rubbed on with a cloth ,rub hard
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Use a product called Wenol it's sold at car swaps by vendors or you can find it at Williams-Snoma kitichen store. The stuff is a pink cream and a outstanding metal polish. will make brass fittings look like gold when done right. Comes in a red box, $9.00 for a 4oz. tube. TF
