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Cleaning brass with Lemon and Salt or Baking Soda

Make a paste of lemon juice and salt and rub with a soft cloth, rinse with water, and dry. Or use a slice of lemon sprinkled with baking soda. Rub brass with the lemon slice, rinse with water, and dry.

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fantastically easy cleaning Comments By: Ashley Pallis on 2008-12-06

I have an antique heavily engraved chest,that previously i've cleaned with brasso ....difficult, expensive job that left those whitish bits in the engravings.I've just done it with lemmon and soda......FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!

This is the most fantastic method Comments By: Gwenda on 2009-05-14

The Brass table took all of 5 mins so clean. no black gunge as with the commercial product.

Lemon Juice & Salt Comments By: The Dude on 2009-05-17

Zippo case - it really does. leave 4 3-4 mins and den scrub away those nasty stains!!!

ABSOLOUETLEY FABULOUS Comments By: SAM on 2009-10-29

MY MUM GAVE ME SOME TOBBACCO SCALES THAT MY DAD GOT FOE THEIR ANNIVERSARY MORE THAT 30 YEARS AGO, SHE JUT GAVE THEM TO ME HAVINN NEVER CLEANED THEM! I CAN SOLELY RECOMEND LEMON AND SALT. I HAVE USED BRASSO AND ALTHO IT DOES WORK IT TAKES FAR LONGER THAN THE LEMON AND SALT

lemon/salt brass cleanser Comments By: Eleanor Getson on 2010-03-27

Not bad,works well on oxidized areas but tends to show up in-perfections, easy way to clean and no fumes
Cleaned candle stick holders and chalice for Easter church service.

Lemon and Sugar! SHINY Comments By: Tinkerbell on 2010-09-10

The lemon and sugar made my brass very shiny! (still a bit dirty though!)

waste of time Comments By: jimmy on 2010-11-09

Baking soda will just neutrolize the vinagar

Fireplace Fantastic Comments By: Nick Tasker on 2011-01-23

I have just cleaned a fireplace using the lemon juice/ salt method and the results are fantastic- hasn't been clean for years yet came up almost new. Awesome!!