Excellent! Great idea! Thank you. Wally Wilson, RPT At 08:35 PM 6/12/01 -0400, you wrote: >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 >
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