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John:
Anything you do to brass and copper will strip the metal away. The
point is to do it very infrequently.
In my spare moments, I work with the Fire Museum of Maryland, which
has a large collection of brass and copper on its fire apparatus. My
husband, the curator, has always preferred NevrDull (which you can buy
at the hardware store). It is a treated wadding material that doesn't
require water to apply or remove, and you buff it with a cloth
(especially important when climbing on a piece of apparatus!) He used
to use something called Met-All, which is no longer made. However,
we've found something called Top Brite, which is made in Vermont or
New Hampshire, which is pretty much the same formula as Met-All. None
of the conservators we work with have squawked at what we are using,
but then this is industrial stuff, not fine decorative arts materials.
You might also try the B&O Railroad Museum (their web page is borail.org),
although their educator, Matt White periodically responds to Museum-L
stuff, or something like the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum is Strasburg
(they have a web site, but I couldn't get the address quickly).
Melissa Heaver
Director-Museum Collections
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC 20036
202-588-6148
202-588-6232 (f)
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Subject: Brass and copper
Author: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> at internet
Date: 6/30/98 10:03 AM
I am looking for good guidance in preserving brass and copper on 1800s
steam locomotives. I am worried because the brass is in excellent
condition and I don't want to damage it. Current procedure uses an
industrial cleaner, but I wonder if it is stripping the brass away.
Thank you
John Hunter
Curator
Kennesaw Civil War Museum
"Home of the General"
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