Re: Cleaning Brass Nails
Ok This is what I did. bought a wine cork puller from Walmart $4.95 I cut off the bottom part that set on bottle top, just leaving two pegs. I cut off the corkscrew and using Demaral tool ground a slot for nail to fit in. It pulls nail straight out. I put the nail in a cup 3or 4 oz. vinegar . Nail got bright within minutes. After I took them out and rinsed them off, they got a little dull. I left them out for two days and they never seemed to dull up anymore. I think they don't tarnish at a fast rate after they get that first bit of tarnish on them. You got to keep the air from the nail to keep it from tarnishing. I wish I would of tried this before I put them all back in. I really believe that this will work. Take fiberglass resin [teaspoon] mix with acetone [2 oz] clean nails with the vinegar and dry and quickly put nails in the mix. Stir nails a bit and dump excess resin/acetone off and put nails in a ice cream bucket and shake until they dry. Will dry very quick. I think this will work very well and keep nails bright for long time.
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