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   SledBC | Oct 31, 2003 04:04am | #1

   looking bad? or looking good?

   Darren

   http://www.LDHindustries.com

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   VaTom | Oct 31, 2003 04:21am | #2

   No paint answer here but I just finished veneering my exterior doors with mildly weathered copper.  To preserve, maybe, the current color and patterns I sprayed it with an automotive clear coat. 

   Handrails get a lot of abrasion.  How about just polishing it?

   PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!

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   HeavyDuty | Oct 31, 2003 06:43am | #3

   Is there an existing finish? I don't think any paint would last very long on a railing in a church. There should be enough man power in the church just to polish it and may be a coat of wax once in a while to slow down the oxidation process.

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   RalphWicklund | Oct 31, 2003 07:24am | #4

   What's that cleaner that you wipe on-wipe off? Tarnex?

   Something like that would get back a brilliant surface without sanding if all it is is years of oxidation and hand grease. Could it be brass instead of copper?

   You might then laquer the railing.

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   howardroarke | Nov 01, 2003 02:13am | #5

   Thanks, Ralph: We'll try the Tarnex and maybe steel wool.

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   RichBeckman | Nov 01, 2003 03:27am | #6

   "We'll try the Tarnex and maybe steel wool."

   I'd try Bar Keeper's Friend before steel wool.

   Rich Beckman

   Another day, another tool.

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   howardroarke | Nov 04, 2003 06:27am | #7

   What is " Bar Keepers Friend??"

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   caseyr | Nov 04, 2003 07:04am | #8

   A cleaning product:

   http://www.kitchenkapers.com/barkeepfrien.html

   http://www.barkeepersfriend.com/index2.htm