09-18-2014, 01:12 PM
To clean the brass without stripping all the tarnish and making it gleam like brasso would, I make a paste from cigarette ash and water and brush it as if I were cleaning it with a toothbrush. It will take the black away without cleaning all the age/tarnish off, just lightly brush it or the high spots will be to shiny. Works really well on brass, copper and bronze.