bronzecleaning

[tom]

how do you clean the bronze port holes?
i just purchased a cd30 and would like to brighten the bronze on it.
thanks
tom



tredrum470@aol.com

[Nautical Traditions Offic]

Captain Tom,

Ya doesn't need ta do it, and it won't last an'way! Wha? Ya don't want it to look like shes ever been anywhere? ? ? The green is a natural result of the weathering of bronze. Yes, ya can clean it off, if ya are really set to do it, try "On & Off", but have a hose handy and wash it off right away. Rest assured though, the green WILL return in two weeks...FWIW..........

Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30C
CDSOA Number ONE ! ! !
Nautical Traditions Officer
CDSOA, Inc.

[Neil Gordon]

>>how do you clean the bronze port holes?<<

You mean you have crud covering the beautiful green patina?

Bronze is supposed to age and it does it well. Your time is better spent sailing.


Regards, Neil
s/v LIQUIDITY, BOston
CD28 #167



neil@nrgordon.com

[Bill Michne]

how do you clean the bronze port holes?
i just purchased a cd30 and would like to brighten the bronze on it.
thanks
tom

Tom:
I knew a guy up in Naragansett Bay who decided he would clean 'em up. It became a full time job, and it cleaned him out. The last I knew he and the bronze were both turning green. Until someone figures out how to keep the bronze color, go sailing. It's more fun, especially on a CD...

Bill
SV Mintaka CD 40 #007



wmichne@msn.com

[Bristol Bronze]

how do you clean the bronze port holes?
i just purchased a cd30 and would like to brighten the bronze on it.
thanks
tom

Dear Tom,

The green patina on your ports and the rest of your Bronze fittings is Cupric Oxide (Copper Oxide). It is a natural oxide that forms on any copper base metal. Its purpose is to protect the metal itself from corrosion by the elements. (Most other metals also form their own oxides - ferric oxide or rust on iron, aluminum oxide on aluminun and chromium oxide on stainless steel.) It is much better for the metal to just let the green oxide stay in place.

I am now working on a new high tech coating that can be applied to Bronze that will keep in a Bronze color and will last for life. Unfortunately I am still a few years away.

Roger W.
Bristol Bronze
401-625-5224



info@bristolbronze.com

[Ken Coit]

Tom,

Thanks for asking as I always enjoy the answers the posters provide.

I have come to love green patina and hate shiny bronze. It gives you all that much more time to maintain the teak.


Keep on sailing,

Ken Coit
CD/14 #538
CD/36 #84 Parfait
Hailing Port: Raleigh, NC
Sailing from: Beaufort, NC

how do you clean the bronze port holes?
i just purchased a cd30 and would like to brighten the bronze on it.
thanks
tom

parfaitNOAPAM@nc.rr.com