Thread: Polishing Brass

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Ah, OK - just a hand job then?

i have some pretty good **** that i use, it will clean the brass back to clean bright metal then you have to polish it.
funnily enough, it's called 'brass brightener'

normally we dip for a few seconds, and wash off then polish,
in the case of those lights, i would wipe with a dampened rag of the chemical, and wipe off with a water wet rag followed by a water rinse.

it's brilliant stuff, but probably on the epa bad list.

chemical house here on the coast stock it, but only sell to firms that can justify the need.
available in 4 litre or more.

Guy, are you polishing knobs?

Well, I think you kicked a goal finding that little veteran renny unless you paid far too much for it, of course. You will have a lot of fun with it if you use it and don't become a rivet counter, polisher, or warehouseman. don't let it become a trailer Queen.

You will find that owning and using an early veteran is a lot of work. They are high maintenance vehicles. Metallurgy and lubrication were not very advanced when they were made. They commonly have primitive to unusual fuel and ignition systems. The tyres don't last long. That lightweight little Renny should not be hard on tyres but heavy veterans mostly are and a full set of six with tubes and rust bands for a heavy veteran costs up to $5,000- $6,000 today. A mate reckons his costs a dollar a mile for tyres. They don't like modern traffic, no brakes and **** poor steering. But lots of fun on an earlky weekend morning.

I didn't buy it, I don't own it - I was just finding out if there was a more effective way of polishing it.

There is nothing wrong with being a rivet counter, polisher, warehouseman or letting the car be a trailer queen. I'm certain that land rovers owners and their vehicles fall into these categories also.

I'm finding owning and using Land Rovers a lot of work let alone the vintage/veteran cars

Thanks all for the various replies. I'll post another pic when/if I finish polishing it.

There is a product called "Rule"......most of the shops selling nautical brass products use it.

Brasso and as a retired Qld firie I get the pink elephants every time I think of brass.The old Fire Brigades were full of it and I've done miles and miles of polishing for you only just finish polishing and it's dirty again.Paint it and forget the polishing.

Had a drive of this car today although it was only a very short distance. Don't think I'd want to drive it too far anyway. At least the pedals on this one are in the correct spots, rather than the accelerator in the middle as per another car I've driven. Things that make it odd - the handbrake is pushed away from you to put it on and the gearchange is all in one line, so reverse is back towards you, then forwards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd pushing a button down between each gear (as well as the clutch) to slide into the next gear, then back through the gears into N.

Look at the inbuilt chesterfield! Would be great for the drive in, on a summer evening....