300x



Just another 300x cleaned, painted and polished.
Waiting on a new hood to Finnish off.

 

Great job !!!

 

Jon
How do you get the brass so clean without hours off buffing, I currently have a top soaking in Pepsi to try and remove some of the crud first.

 

It's cleaned up well!

 

@Gary Waller
I have a bench grinder, I use a sisal wheel with a polishing soap to cut through the crud to start with, then various different mops and polishing soaps after to polish it up. It’s an identical process to polishing motorcycle engine casings which I’ve been doing for years.

 

Thanks Jeff

 

@Jon Lander
She sure has cleaned up well. Well done. I do like the colour scheme on these lanterns.
Looking forward to the money shot.
Cheers
Pete

 

Love the finish. After such a brilliant polish, do ypu dare lacquer it?

 

I have a bath of vinegar that I soak stubborn brass parts in. It's best not to leave it in too long but it gets through the baked on crud pretty efficiently.

When it's mostly clean (I use fine wire wool) I polish it on my buffing wheel.

 

Beauty... I'll try the old clear vinegar trick...... why it's called "white" I'll never know!