[AT] OT: Cleaning brass ?

Stuart Harner sharner at starband.net
Fri Apr 9 15:47:10 PDT 2004


Good idea.  I know where there is an old faucet that I can sacrifice for the
experiment.

I will let you know how it goes.

Stuart


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Spiegelberg" <louis at kellnet.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 3:14 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] OT: Cleaning brass ?


> Why not get a brass screw from the hardware store or go to a scrap yard
> and get a piece of brass.  Then try the electrolysis on it and see what
> happens
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Harner
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 1:26 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Cleaning brass ?
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>
> Sorry,  my mistake, it is phosphorus free TSP.  I know, also an
> impossible situation.  The package says it is TSP-PF.  The PF is for
> phosphate free.  The package states that it contains the power of TSP
> without the phosphates.
>
> While the package does not say exactly what the product is, it does say
> in the warning that it contains Sodium Meta-Silicate, like that is
> something we should be afraid of.  First the phosphates, now the
> meta-silicates.  The whacko's strike again.
>
> I looked everywhere I could think of for true TSP and this was the only
> thing anyone could come up with.
>
> As for the electrolysis, it seems to work just fine.  I have not tried
> using it as a cleaning solution as was intended.
>
> The question still remains, what will it do to brass or metals other
> than steel?
>
> Stuart
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Seith" <seithr at denison.edu>
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> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 11:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Cleaning brass ?
>
>
> > Um... "sodium-free TSP" is an impossibility. TSP stands for Tri-Sodium
>
> > Phosphate.
> >
> > Bob Seith
> >
> >
> > Stuart Harner wrote:
> >
> > >I have been using the electrolysis method for removing rust from all
> > >kinds of parts and it works quite well.  My question is can I use
> > >this to take the tarnish off of brass parts?  The solution is sodium
> > >free TSP bought at the
> local
> > >hardware store.
> > >
> > >If brass can be cleaned by electrolysis, is there a better compound
> > >to use in the solution?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Stuart
> > >
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