To Brighten Brass or Copper
From A bachelors cupboard, 1906
Lemon juice thickened with whiting can also clean brass.
Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from A bachelors cupboard (1906) by A. Lyman Phillips, page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
putty powder and add to it sufficient BRIGHTEN sweet oil to make a paste. Rub with this liRAbb |.|^g brass or copper until all foreign matter is removed. Then wash the article with soap and water and rub dry with a clean cloth. Brass may also be cleaned with lemon or orange juice thickened with whiting. Apply with a chamois skin or a flannel rag. To remove verdegris from brass, add to the juice of one lemon a teaspoonful of salt
Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.