How to Restore & Protect Brass from Tarnish
Love the warm glow of Brass?
Brass décor can bring an interesting twinkle to your home. The warm glow of freshly polished brass is a beautiful accent. Yet, years of oxidation can ruin the beauty of brass surfaces.
Stop constantly polishing your brass and protect it for years to come with ProtectaClear. ProtectaClear is easy to apply and scratch-resistant. You’ll have brass surfaces looking like they did the first day you got them, and this effect is lasting, protecting from dirt and oxidation.
How to restore a brass bed & keep it looking freshly polished
BRASS BED DIRECTIONS
Remove any old lacquer or coatings with xylene or lacquer thinner. You can test for old coatings by trying to clean a small area. If the brass can be cleaned with polish, then there is probably no old coating on the brass.
Some people take the bed apart and some people polish it intact. This is a personal preference.
Polish the brass bed with a polish made for brass. Do not use abrasives as brass is very soft and will scratch easily. MIDAS TOUCH Polishing Cream is an excellent polish and is not acid-based so it does not need neutralizing.
If an acid-based polish like Brasso or Tarnex is used, the acid must be neutralized with EZ-Prep Cleaner or baking soda and water.
Rinse the neutralizer off the brass with plain water and dry.
Wipe with a clean solvent like xylene or denatured alcohol (available at hardware stores) to remove any contaminants.
Apply ProtectaClear®. Two coats are recommended with an hour between coats.
Let dry and Enjoy the Beauty.
**Tip: Once you apply ProtectaClear®, let it dry without messing with it. It is self-leveling and will dry to a smooth, even finish if left alone.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS
1. If you want to protect your brass while it is still new and shiny, clean any oil or other contaminants from the metal. This can be done by simply wiping the metal with a solvent cleaner like xylene or denatured alcohol which can be purchased at most hardware or paint stores. The solvents will not remove tarnish, patina or dark fingerprints. These will need to be polished off of the surface. ***TIP: Use gloves to handle new brass before it is sealed or you can end up with dark fingerprints on the metal.
2. Once the metal is clean, ProtectaClear® can be applied by several methods. It can be sprayed on or wiped on the surface with clear-coat applicators, fine brushes, poly-sponge brushes or a pad of lint-free white cloth. Let it dry and enjoy your beautiful brass fixtures, faucets, jewelry, sinks, instruments, and more!
How to Restore & Protect Bronze from Corrosion
Bronze is not for third place finishes. Take your Bronze to first place in your home!
Bronze surfaces, such as sculpture, art, or fixtures, can add a unique touch to your home. Protect your surfaces from fading and tarnishing with Everbrite coatings, to seal out oxidation and keep the bronze color shining bright.
Everbrite coatings will do the following for your bronze:
Everbrite coatings will seal and protect bronze to prevent tarnish oxidation and patina for years.
The coatings are self-annealing and graffiti resistant—so if anything happens, all you need is a touch-up.
The coatings have excellent adhesion, even on highly polished bronze
Everbrite and ProtectaClear are UV stable and guaranteed not to yellow or discolor with age or exposure to UV
DIRECTIONS
1. If you want to protect bronze while it is still new and shiny, clean any oil or other contaminants from the metal . This can be done by simply wiping the metal with a solvent cleaner like xylene or denatured alcohol which can be purchased at most hardware or paint stores. The solvents will not remove tarnish, patina or dark fingerprints. These will need to be polished off of the surface. ***TIP: Use gloves to handle new bronze before it is sealed or you can end up with dark fingerprints on the metal.
2. Once the metal is clean, Everbrite™ or ProtectaClear® can be applied by several methods. It can be sprayed on or wiped on the surface with clear-coat applicators, fine brushes, poly-sponge brushes or a pad of lint-free white cloth. Let it dry and enjoy your beautiful bronze sculpture, doors, plaques, and more.
How to Restore & Protect Copper from Tarnish
Tarnish makes your beautiful copper look like old brown metal.
Love the warm glow of copper? Copper is a fantastic way to add character and beauty to your property, inside and out. You love the warm glow of the metal on your home. Unfortunately, copper tarnishes and copper with patina fades and spots. Polishing over and over again is impractical. Our coatings can save your copper surfaces and make them look brand new again.
For architectural copper, use our Everbrite Coating as it has UV blockers to protect from sun damage and weathering and is an excellent copper protector. Use Everbrite for copper roofs, copper gutters, copper deck accents, copper art and sculptures, weathervanes, copper mailboxes and other architectural copper.
For copper that is high-use or high-touch, we recommend our ProtectaClear, as these coatings are more scratch-resistant. Use for copper sinks, copper counters, copper jewellery, copper railings, mirror polished copper and other copper that gets a lot of use and abuse.
Use on copper roofs, gutters, weathervanes, cupolas, and on high-use copper like sinks, backsplashes, counters, kitchen hoods and more— our coatings will protect it all.
DIRECTIONS
1. If you want to protect your copper while it is still new and shiny, clean any oil or other contaminants from the metal. This can be done by simply wiping the metal with a solvent cleaner like xylene or denatured alcohol which can be purchased at most hardware or paint stores. The solvents will not remove tarnish, patina or dark fingerprints. These will need to be polished off of the surface. ***TIP: Use gloves to handle new copper before it is sealed or you can end up with dark fingerprints on the copper.
2. Once the metal is clean, Everbrite™ or ProtectaClear® can be applied by several methods. It can be sprayed on or wiped on the surface with clear-coat applicators, fine brushes, poly-sponge brushes or a pad of lint-free white cloth. Let it dry and enjoy your beautiful copper weather vane, cupola, finial, copper gutters, copper rain chains, wind chimes and more!
