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Cleaning copper without dipping

My wife has a business in an old part of Wichita. We were wanting to brighten up the outside and found that the very dark trim around the windows was actually copper. What product should I use to clean copper that can not be dipped? What type of protection would be required

KARLA LUALLEN
HOBBYIST - WICHITA, KANSAS, USA
2004
publicly reply to KARLA LUALLEN

Incralac
(brass lacquer with benzotriazole)

on eBay or

Amazon

(affil links)

You can make a paste of pure alcohol and french chalk, rub it on with soft cloth. Rinse with alcohol. Incralac ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] is good lacquer for copper and its alloys(or any other proprietary product).

Good luck.

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2004
publicly reply to Goran Budija

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