Which one of you suggested vinegar and rock salt for polishing the brass bells on my Woodstock fountain? I was cleaning my fountain this morning and decided to give it a try.
Can you tell which three bells have been scrubbed, and which three haven’t? The interesting thing is it wasn’t just the vinegar, and it wasn’t just the salt, it was definitely both. If I stopped getting results, I’d add more of whichever had been used up, and it started cleaning again.
I’ve tried brass polish, I’ve tried steel wool and detergent, I might have tried bleach, I don’t remember. Nothing had the tiniest effect, and now, after using vinegar, rock salt, and steel wool, I have a pretty fountain again! (I wonder how it’d do on the bottom of my shower???).
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November 3rd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Yay! So beautiful. I could have told you that about the salt and vinegar, though…when we were kids my sister and I used to shine up old pennies by soaking them in salt and vinegar. My mom showed us. 🙂 Don’t ask why we thought that was fun, I have no idea! Heh.
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Er, what I mean to say is, I could have told you that about the salt and vinegar, but it wasn’t me. Someone else gets the credit! 🙂
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Well it wasn’t me! It looks beautiful though! It’s always so satisfying when you figure something like that out. Woohoo!!! Shiny shiny bells. Gotta love that!
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
It wasn’t me, either, but I have been discovering that vinegar is a miracle liquid, thanks to Tipnut.com and all the free cleaners posted there. I’ve been using it in mixtures to clean my glass, to replace Jet-Dry in my dishwasher, and to polish wood. Next up: cleaning the tub!