F350Platinum Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Nice stuff Bootsctape! ? I have a lot of brass in a box of relics too large for a display case. What do you use to clean them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Yes I keep those including iron ones. They polished up nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zincoln Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Definitely not the only one. I keep the ornate and interesting items, and scrap the rest. Bunch of barrel taps that i find really interesting. I start with acid magic, then on to a wire wheel on the grinder or the dremel. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Couple of nice taps there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Those would sell on ebay! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 That junk sure looks nice ! Polishing them up on a rainy day sounds like fun ! Putting old found items back into regular use is very satisfying to me. I surface found an ornate brass drawer pull that I'm putting on one of the drawers in the RV . Might have to polish 'er up now.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 That draw pull is really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Those are beautiful pieces, Bootscrape and yours too, Zincoln. Thanks for showing those. Like most relic hunters, I have bags and boxes of such items that I've never tried to clean, mostly for fear of damaging them. Now I want to learn more about how to safely clean these types of finds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zincoln Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Not trying to abscond with your post Bootscrape. Tell me to start my own if you'd prefer. Here are the spigots (some polished, some not - really like the ornate one with the valve still there) which may be water, fuel and/or gas, a brass minie ball enfield mold, and a nice Hubley cast car found at a house in the the high Oregon desert (very dry and sandy). Car is a about 8" long for reference. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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