Brass

[Captndan]

New Pedersoli with badly tarnished brass. Need recommendations for a cleaner/polish.

 

[FishDFly]

Brasso or Never Dull will work.

Knowledge courtesy of the U.S. Government.

 

[SDSmlf]

New Pedersoli with badly tarnished brass. Need recommendations for a cleaner/polish.

Some work hard for a long to get that aged/tarnished used brass look.

 

[Phil Coffins]

If you use Brasso on the brass while it’s on the gun you will soon find a white powdery stuff forming at the edges that turns green with time. A damp tooth brush will get most of it off if it doesn’t work into the wood. There may be a polishing cloth that would do the work with out the solvent. I have used a dab of brass tumbler activater on a cloth with good results but the label is so old I can see the name.

 

[tenngun]

4-o steel wool or fine green pads. Brick dust is traditional

 

[B P Arn]

Ballistol will clean brass. Slow, but non-abrasive. It also keeps brass from tarnishing.

 

[Carbon 6]

I used NeverDull the other day on some brass shotshells, it worked well.
On my guns, I like the tarnished look.

 

[kje54]

New Pedersoli with badly tarnished brass. Need recommendations for a cleaner/polish.

Old toothbrush and some white toothpaste.

 

[Bledfor Days]

A trick of mine is to wrap a foam sanding block with a microfiber rag and tape it on with masking tape. Apply any type of cream metal polish to the rag and rub the part against it. Of course this is with the brass bits removed from the stock. The foam block contours to curves and gives you something to hold on to. Makes quick work because you can apply more force to a larger area.
Another technique is to clamp one end of a microfiber rag into a vice and pull it tight with one hand. Apply the polish to rag and use edge of rag to get into hard spots like the inside and curves of a trigger guard.
A couple of before and afters.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Dirty brass is a must....

 

[Bledfor Days]

Dirty brass is a must....

Dirty is one thing. When its to the point of pitting or discoloring it should be restored.
I only polish like this once, then let the brass age and color naturally and evenly on its own.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Dirty is one thing. When its to the point of pitting or discoloring it should be restored.
I only polish like this once, then let the brass age and color naturally and evenly on its own.

Thats fine. I like mine ratty....

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Colonel Brassy. Great stuff.

 

[Eutycus]

Old toothbrush and some white toothpaste.

What would happen if you used a toothpaste other than white?

 

[Musketeer]

What would happen if you used a toothpaste other than white?

All hell may break loose. Wormholes, time warps...There's really no telling. I've always used Brasso myself on brass in applications other than guns and it works great, but I too prefer my guns with a good bit of patina. I just let any white steel or brass go dark.

 

[Bent Sight]

Flitz is mighty good metal polish.

 

[kje54]

What would happen if you used a toothpaste other than white?

Don't know. It has to be the paste kind not the gel kind.

 

[RATROD56]

New Pedersoli with badly tarnished brass. Need recommendations for a cleaner/polish.

Used Brasso on mine, worked great

 

[Eterry]

I used Brasso on mine, but decided the faded look is preferable. But to each their own.

 

[RATROD56]

I used Brasso on mine, but decided the faded look is preferable. But to each