Thread: Question: Restoring ( near ) new look to brass

Originally Posted by 30.06king

Something I've not attempted before so asking here for advice please.
I have brass in a couple of calibres that while mainly once fired is in cosmetically poor shape. It's all weathered from lying around outdoors for some time until I've come along and collected it.
My aim is to get it looking presentable, if possible, and put it up for sale.
The pics show the range of tarnish I'm dealing with, including bare brass and tarnished nickled brass. Also recently picked up a reasonably priced vibratory cleaner ( with corn cob media ? ) and could use this as part of the process.
Any advice form those who might have had success with similar brass would be much appreciated. Thankyou.

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Wet tumble. Cover to the top of the brass with hot tap water, a good squirt of lemon morning fresh dishwash and half a teaspoon of citric acid and then tumble for an hour

I find you don’t need pins.

Don’t overdo the citric acid. It will make the brass look like copper.