To all, Greetings from the desert SW.Been lurking a good while and
thought I'd post a quck bio. Names Bruce Dissel and I live in the canyon
country of SE Utah.I fight forest fires for a living summers and this
gives me a lot of shop/tool hounding time otherwise.Enjoy making
hardwood furniture and accesories.Main influence style-wise and
plane-wise is Mr. Krenov.Made a plane kit from Ron Hock and starting to
make more from scratch.Current old tool interest is small levels, which
brings me to a question related to "Shiney does Pay"; Scored a Stratton
Bros 10" # 10 for $60 recently.The brass is pretty well tarnished,has
the ubiquitous bit of paint splatter but in really nice shape
otherwise.I don't like my antiques to look new,either furniture or
tools.Is there a way to clean up the brass a little bit without the
scrubbed look?Also I know alcohol is a solvent for dried latex paint but
worry about impacting the finish. Any suggestions welcome and sure enjoy
the discussion group. Bruce