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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 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 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 Zippo case - it really does. leave 4 3-4 mins and den scrub away those nasty stains!!!   ABSOLOUETLEY FABULOUS Comments By: SAM 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