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Thread 520/03
Cleaning Marine Tarnished Brass
April 21, 2009
Hello,
My sailboat has many solid brass hardwares on deck. Over the years they have taken on a tarnish seeming "unmoveable" by anything I have used. I've run the gamut of products ( I think). Can you come up with the magical stuff I need? Someone told me
muriatic acid
⇦ this on
eBay or
Amazon [affil links] . This was a hotel doorman who had been polishing the outside hardware which were brass water hook-ups for fire trucks. The brass was brilliant.
cleaning diver - Sausalito, CA USA
publicly reply to Steve Utermahlen
First of two simultaneous responses --
I suppose muriatic acid would work, but citric acid also does an excellent job and is much safer to work with. Let us know if we can help.
Ray Kremer
Stellar Solutions, Inc.
McHenry, Illinois
April 29, 2009
publicly reply to Ray Kremer
Second of two simultaneous responses --
Try 5% ammonium citrate solution(50 gm citric acid / 1lit water +add ammonia ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] until pH is 9, cold solution works slow, hot faster/80 C/).If your objects are wax or lacquer finished you must remove coating first. Hope it helps and good luck!
Goran Budija- Cerovski vrh Croatia
April 30, 2009
publicly reply to Goran Budija
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