Brass finishing

[Farrell]

Hi Tom. I was reading your post with some scepticism until you mentioned
"This beats getting on your hands and knees looking for the small hinge
which just thrown from the buffing wheel to the other end of your shop."
That rang quite true for me! I almost took out one of my shop windows with a
hinge! Where do you get your tile & porcelain cleaner? Thanks.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Servinsky" <tompiano@gate.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: Brass finishing


> Hi Wim,
>   We have been using an acid wash for sometime and have found this to be
the
> best and safest way to clean brass.
> We use a pre-packaged formula sold as a tile & porcelain cleaner.  The
> active ingredient is Hydrochloric acid.
> Simply soak the hinges in this for a few minutes and presto...clean.
> We then follow that up with a citrus  clean/polisher which neutralizes the
> acid. Otherwise the acid will continue to eat away. Water also will
> neutralize the acid. Next wipe with a clean cloth and you are done..except
> for the clear lacquer coating.
> Long lid hinges are a breeze with this stuff, as with other delicate brass
> parts.  This beats getting on your hands and knees looking for the small
> hinge which just thrown from the buffing wheel to the other end of your
> shop.
> This concept originated from James Reeder's shop which uses a similar
> solution sold as "clock cleaner". It basically does the same thing.
> We have dramatically reduce all of our buffing time down to a small
> percentage of work.
> Give a try.
> Tom Servinsky, RPT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Brass finishing
>
>
> > In a message dated 6/12/01 9:31:21 AM Central Daylight Time,
> > rinkyd@pacbell.net writes:
> >
> > << How do you go about cleaning, polishing and finishing brass hinges?
> >  Thanks
> >
> >  Phil Frankenberg
> >  Chico Ca.
> >   >>
> > Find a good plater, and pay them to do the work. Be sure to get it
> laquered.
> >
> > Willem
>