How would I seal the shine on Brass Street Numbers?

[Rock]

I just had my house painted and never really noticed how tarnished my street
numbers were until the trim they are mounted on got painted a lighter color.

The letters are solid brass and have tarnished rather badly. I have polished
them with a Dremel using a felt pad and jewelers rouge. The sparkle now.

How can I seal in the polished look? Do I use a spray lacquer, varnish,
polyurethane,
or an exterior polyurethane with UV protection?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Rock

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David Perednia

[The tool man]

Hi David:

I have had the same problem. I haven't found the perfect solution yet,
but the best thing I've come up with is spray-on clear laquer.
Polyurethane tends to yellow with exposure to UV light, and the ones
I've seen that claim to have UV protection aren't really clear. Epoxy
paints chalk when exposed to the weather. Laquer goes on clear, and
stays clear, but is somewhat fragile. I still have to re-polish and
re-protect every 3-4 years.

Anybody tried clear powdercoat?

Regards,
John.

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[Rik]

You might consider a spar or marine varnish. Has good UV protection.

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Nikkolas Clear Coat is the best but you will need an oudoor version
that has UV inhibitors.

Try www.mcmaster.com. I know they sell regular Nikkolas but I'm not
sure about the outdoor version.

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[Hamm4fun]

>
>I just had my house painted and never really noticed how tarnished my street
>numbers were until the trim they are mounted on got painted a lighter color.
>
>The letters are solid brass and have tarnished rather badly. I have polished
>them with a Dremel using a felt pad and jewelers rouge. The sparkle now.
>
>How can I seal in the polished look? Do I use a spray lacquer, varnish,
>polyurethane,
>or an exterior polyurethane with UV protection?
>
>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Rock
>
>
>
>--
>David Perednia
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

You may want to consider having them gold plated. Putting on a coat of 10K gold
may not be as expensive as you think and should last forever on house numbers.
I knew some guys in the military that did this to their brass belt buckles so
they no longer had to polish them.

[Michael Edelman]

Hamm4fun wrote:
>
> >
> >I just had my house painted and never really noticed how tarnished my street
> >numbers were until the trim they are mounted on got painted a lighter color.
> >
> >The letters are solid brass and have tarnished rather badly. I have polished
> >them with a Dremel using a felt pad and jewelers rouge. The sparkle now.
> >
> >How can I seal in the polished look? Do I use a spray lacquer

Yep. Lay them on a sheet of newspaper and apply a number of very light
coats of clear Krylon, letting them dry between coats.

After drying over night, bake them in an *electric* oven on an old
cookie sheet at a very low temperature- say 200F- for an hour, and let
them cool before removing them.

[Paul Broussard]

Rock wrote:

> How can I seal in the polished look? Do I use a spray lacquer, varnish,
> polyurethane,
> or an exterior polyurethane with UV protection?

Automotive clear coat, available in spray cans just about anywhere.

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