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Antique bronze clear coat question

By PanaPinResto

7 years ago



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#1 7 years ago

I'm taking a short break from pinball tinkering to get this Brass cash register restored. It's been on my to-do list for 4 years now. I'm excited to get her done. I'm going to mirror polish the bronze case but I don't want the maintenance. To keep it shiny it needs to be cleaned with brasso once a week...... forever. No thank you. My plan was to use the 2k rattle cans to clear it but I read that I shouldn't. Lots of sources online say I should not put a lacquer clear on antique brass but no one ever says why. Does anyone here have any experience with this? Does 2k clear have any lacquer in it? Know a better way to keep the shine? I'm all ears.

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#2 7 years ago

The brass substrate will continue to oxidize beneath the clear.

#3 7 years ago

Never messed with it but my first instinct would be to polish and then wax which should keep the shine

-Jeff

#4 7 years ago
Quoted from Rody:

The brass substrate will continue to oxidize beneath the clear.

Why is this? Is the clear porous allowing air to reach the metal? Does the clear itself oxidize the brass? I don't disagree with you. I keep reading the same thing but I can't seem to find out why.

#5 7 years ago
Quoted from way2wyrd:

Never messed with it but my first instinct would be to polish and then wax which should keep the shine
-Jeff

A regular waxing will also be a never ending pita. Getting the wax out of all the nooks and crannies is not how I want to spend my time. I'm looking for a no to very little maintenance solution.
Id also like to know how the brass will continue to oxidize while covered with a 2pac.

#6 7 years ago

Ive had insane success with this product on brass, copper, gold, silver, aluminum, playfields...

Its a self leveling, self evaporative coating that cleans with alcohol

https://www.everbritecoatings.com/#gsc.tab=0

#7 7 years ago

Polished brass has no mechanical tooth for urethane clear to adhere to, therefore it is subject to separation from the substrate, which then leads to oxidation, or clouding. I use ceramic, air dry clear, from Cerakote, for all polished metal products coming out of the paint booth. Ceramic particles do a better job of adhearing at the molecular level to polished metals than a standard urethane clear will.

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