# Recommend a good Tarnish remover **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560 "2003-12-02T20:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560/1 "2003-12-02T20:06:47Z")
I have some brass fittings with a lot of tarnish on them can someone recommend a good fast tarnish remover? ---
**Author:** ![MissSwish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@MissSwish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissSwish)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560/2 "2003-12-02T20:11:31Z")
Brasso, found at any major supermarket works well. It’s what Servicemen/Servicewomen use to clean the brass parts of their uniforms. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560/3 "2003-12-02T20:24:29Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=223954&highlight=Tarnished), **Lissa** recommended something called **Nevr-Dull**. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560/4 "2003-12-02T21:04:45Z")
Thanks, you guys are quick. **MissSwish** I’ve used brasso being an ex-grunt myself, I was hoping for something with a little less polishing involved. ---
**Author:** ![MissSwish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@MissSwish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissSwish)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560/5 "2003-12-02T21:44:42Z")
Ah, then you are also familar with the smell and the messy rags that are the essense of brasso. Nevr-Dull sounds like much of the same. Salt and vinegar mixed into a paste might work, but will still require rubbing. I don’t recall if Tarnex works on brass, but its for dipping. One other thing that works for silver, again I don’t know if it works on brass, but its cheap and you probably have everything at home now; Line the bottom of a sink with tinfoil, sprinke genrously with baking soda, pour a large quanity of boiling water into the sink, dip your fixtures or leave them to soak. Here’s a site that might help: [http://doityourself.com/clean/brass.htm](http://doityourself.com/clean/brass.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560/6 "2003-12-02T21:54:12Z")
Thanks, that just might work. Oh and I HATE HATE HATE brasso. It does work however. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560/7 "2003-12-02T22:25:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stuffy \* > \*\*I have some brass fittings with a lot of tarnish on them can someone recommend a good fast tarnish remover? \*\* Try [Maas](http://www.alwaysbrilliant.com/?PID=306&SC=98275V&PN=Maas%20Polish) polish. It’s more expensive than others, but is a concentrated paste and lasts forever. I have a tube I bought about eight years ago. I’m sure you can find it in a local store. I hate Brasso too after using it for 20 years in the military, although it ain’t bad strained through a loaf of bread and served on the rocks. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-tarnish-remover/216560/8 "2003-12-02T23:05:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=223954&highlight=Tarnished), **Lissa** recommended something called **Nevr-Dull**. \*\* We used that in the Navy to polish all of those navular brass fittings. It comes in a big can and looks like wool or cotton batting soaked in something that bears a strong resemblence to Brasso. I liked the Nevr-Dull because you didn’t need to look for rags. That said, it wasn’t any more effective than Brasso and smelled similar.