| If you decided to wash the lacquered brass there | | | | TOLE LAMP BASES (AND TRAYS), when they |
| are some simply tips which you can use. | | | | look dull, can be rubbed lightly with mineral oil |
| Tole lamp bases can be rubbed with mineral oil | | | | containing a little turpentine. Mineral oil is the same |
| containing turpentine. Pewter requires a mild polish | | | | as paraffin oil and essentially the same as lemon |
| using silver polish. Bronze lamps, statues, book | | | | oil furniture polish. Use one part of turpentine to |
| ends, etc can be dusted or washed with mild | | | | about ten part of oil. Wipe the article carefully |
| soapsuds. Merely wipe lacquered bronze with a | | | | clean with a soft cloth. (Tole is painted metal.) |
| damp cloth. | | | | PEWTER IS A SOFT METAL and requires a mild |
| LACQUERED BRASS is never polished. Just dust it | | | | polish. Use silver polish or a mixture of your own. |
| or wash it in mild lukewarm suds, rinse it with | | | | For a dull gloss on pewter lamps and ornaments |
| lukewarm water, and wipe it dry. If the water is | | | | use rottenstone or whiting mixed to a paste with |
| too hot it may remove the lacquer. Should | | | | olive oil. Apply the paste with a soft cloth and rub |
| lacquered brass become dingy and the finish begin | | | | the metal until it is clean. Wash it afterwards, |
| to peel, remove the lacquer with acetone (from a | | | | rinse, and wipe dry. For a bright finish use whiting |
| drugstore) and polish. | | | | mixed with denatured alcohol. Rub it on with a |
| BRASS WITH AN ANTIQUE FINISH is simply | | | | soft cloth and let the coating dry. Then polish the |
| rubbed with a little lemon oil (paraffin oil used for | | | | pewter by rubbing it with a clean soft cloth. Wash |
| furniture), then with a dry cloth. | | | | and rinse thoroughly after polishing and wipe the |
| A CUT LEMON DIPPED IN SALT, or hot vinegar | | | | pewter dry. Stubborn spots can usually be |
| and salt, will clean brass the old fashioned way. | | | | removed from pewter with very fine (No. 00) |
| This method can be adapted to miniature brasses. | | | | steel wool, dipped in olive oil. The oil is to keep the |
| Provided that they have no ornamentation and no | | | | steel wool from scratching. After removing the |
| wooden handles or knobs, you can get rid of | | | | spots, polish the pewter again, as already |
| most of the corrosion by boiling them for a few | | | | described. |
| minutes in water containing a little vinegar and salt. | | | | BRONZE LAMPS, STATUES, BOOK ENDS, etc., |
| Wash them with hot suds afterwards, rinse and | | | | that need more than dusting, can be washed with |
| dry them, then finish them with brass polish. | | | | one of the following: mild soapsuds, hot vinegar or |
| GOOD POLISHES FOR COPPER is to be found in | | | | hot buttermilk. Rinse immediately and thoroughly |
| your grocery store. Follow exactly the directions | | | | and wipe the bronze dry. If you want to brighten |
| given on the container. With some, tarnish returns | | | | the bronze, rub it with dry rottenstone or whiting. |
| quickly if the copper is not washed thoroughly | | | | Rinse to remove all of the powder and wipe it |
| after polishing. | | | | dry. |
| TO MIX YOUR OWN COPPER POLISH: make a | | | | LACQUERED BRONZE is merely wiped with a |
| paste of equal parts of salt, flour, and vinegar. | | | | damp cloth. Sometimes lamp stands are made of |
| Rub the copper with this mixture until it is clean, | | | | steel which has been given a bronze finish. When |
| or let the paste remain on it for a while, then | | | | this begins to wear away, or spots of corrosion |
| wash it with hot soapsuds, rinse, and polish. For a | | | | appear, a new coat of bronze lacquer is needed. |
| final polish use whiting or rottenstone, mixed to a | | | | Try some simple homemade agent to clean the |
| paste with olive oil. | | | | brass. What is the best way to clean the tole |
| LACQUERED COPPER is dusted or washed, if | | | | lamp base and other metals? Find some ideas on |
| necessary, with lukewarm water and a mild soap | | | | the best ways to clean the metals. Lacquered |
| or detergent. Rinse it with lukewarm water and | | | | brass and lacquered copper can be dusted and |
| wipe it dry. | | | | washed in the lukewarm suds and wipe it dry. |