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    Fleeing Idaho to get IKEA Bailey Guns's Avatar
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    OK...I found a cheap and easy miracle. 1 part vinegar, 1 part salt and enough flour to make a spreadable paste. Holy crap. I brushed it and before I finished a brush stroke you could see the tarnish disappear. Works on copper and brass and probably other metals. I rubbed it in with a sponge and rinsed it with a garden hose. Took all of 5 minutes. Then spent about 20 minutes with some Brasso and got a good shine. Not a mirror, but nice and clean and shiny.

    Got the recipe off some hippy website. I guess they are good for something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
    OK...I found a cheap and easy miracle. 1 part vinegar, 1 part salt and enough flour to make a spreadable paste. Holy crap. I brushed it and before I finished a brush stroke you could see the tarnish disappear. Works on copper and brass and probably other metals. I rubbed it in with a sponge and rinsed it with a garden hose. Took all of 5 minutes. Then spent about 20 minutes with some Brasso and got a good shine. Not a mirror, but nice and clean and shiny.

    Got the recipe off some hippy website. I guess they are good for something.
    Probably taking pictures of their work is one of them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
    OK...I found a cheap and easy miracle. 1 part vinegar, 1 part salt and enough flour to make a spreadable paste. Holy crap. I brushed it and before I finished a brush stroke you could see the tarnish disappear. Works on copper and brass and probably other metals. I rubbed it in with a sponge and rinsed it with a garden hose. Took all of 5 minutes. Then spent about 20 minutes with some Brasso and got a good shine. Not a mirror, but nice and clean and shiny.

    Got the recipe off some hippy website. I guess they are good for something.
    That's awesome. I'm going to add that recipe to my Household notebook. Glad to hear you found a painless and quick solution!
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