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CD Fixing

Brasso has changed their formula and no longer works for this 99.26.91.7 (talk) 18:59, 23 April 2009 (UTC)Karyn[reply]

Comment

I have just removed the lime scale from my tempered glass shower doors. Brasso worked better than anything I have tried before.

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Liquid or wadding?

The article describes Brasso as an "opaque liquid" yet I've only known this material as a wadding, and the picture clearly shows it as wadding (wool-like material). Who's right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.37.224.52 (talk) 12:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All I know, is that the Brasso that's been sold in Australia, for 30 years or more, is a yellow-brown liquid, opaque, and you pour a tiny bit onto a cloth/tissue or wadding, whatever you choose, then rub it onto the metal to be polished. When you've rubbed enough, then you rub it off with a clean section of the cloth/whatever you choose. You then repeat the process, until it's as much like a mirror as you want. And don't forget to shake the bottle well, before you start. Note: you also may find, that you are left with a section of cloth that's soaked the Brasso into it, and looks unchanged, and the rest is blackened, by the polishing process. You can reposition the cloth, so that you use the unaffected section of Brasso, until it too becomes black.DaveDodgy (talk) 17:38, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is available in both wadding and liquid. I always have found liquid is better than the wadding. Almost always where one is found, the other is too 92.22.183.208 (talk) 19:55, 10 December 2008 (UTC) 04jtb[reply]

Duraglit

The name appears on the 'Brasso' tin, but was there a separate product called Duraglit? Hakluyt bean (talk) 03:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC) At one time Brasso was the liquid, Duraglit the wadding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.41.193.156 (talk) 23:53, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re: ingredients

"However, the Australian version contains kaolin and quartz instead of silica for abrasives."
Quartz IS silica. Kaolin isn't, of course, but . . . .
76.79.179.74 (talk) 00:40, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article says: "However, the Australian version contains kaolin and quartz instead of silica for abrasives." Quartz and silica are the same thing. Peter Bell (talk) 09:05, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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US Formulation

"In the US, the current Brasso product is not the same as the legacy product"

Perhaps is should be noted that the formula change in the US has not been popular with customers. Brasso switched from a petroleum-base to an ammonia-base, and doesn't work 1/10th as well as the old formulation. It's garnered hundreds of negative reviews on Amazon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 22:09, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Date of introduction

The history section here claims Brasso was invented in 1920 but the page for Reckitt and Sons gives its date as 1905. I have just added a paragraph about a disagreement between Reckitt and Sons and the British railway companies about the distribution charges for Brasso which was argued out in 1905. So given that there are at least two sources for 1905 and only one given for 1920, could someone with access to the source for 1920 look at it and see how good the source is.

I'll have a look at the Times to see what mentions they have to Brasso pre 1920.MidlandLinda (talk) 16:36, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the Times and found their report published in the newspaper in 1913 and added it as an extra citation. So I'm going to change the date of invention to 1905 in the article, but leave the citation until someone can check it.MidlandLinda (talk) 16:53, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

But does it actually dissolve the oxidation?

Whenever I labour at polishing some brasswork (like today), an extremely boring and tiring task, I wonder "Is this actually chemically / electrically dissolving the oxidation, as well as abrading it, or is the liquid just a transport for the abrasive?". Don't I remember people leaving brassware in tomato ketchup, and finding it bright and shiny where the ketchup had been? The ingredients seem to suggest the liquid is just a volatile de-greaser and transport for the abrasive. This should be clarified. 86.187.174.39 (talk) 22:47, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Australian formulation

The article states:
"In the US, the current Brasso product is not the same as the legacy product."

It seems that the formulation also changed in Australia (see reviews of Brasso on productreview.com.au). Therefore, rather than only mentioning the US in the above sentence, it would be good to indicate all of the places where the recipe was changed. For example, "In the US and Australia, ...", or "In the Americas and the Asia–Pacific, ...", or "Outside of the UK, ...", or whatever applies.

Secondly, it was suggested at Talk:Brasso#US_Formulation that "Perhaps is should be noted that the formula change in the US has not been popular with customers. ". By the same token, perhaps it should be noted that the formula change in Australia has been extremely unpopular with customers, according to reviews of Brasso on productreview.com.au.

What is the WP policy on aggregated reviews by the general public?

—DIV (1.129.104.74 (talk) 11:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC))[reply]

Based on the online reports, I am not convinced that Brasso — in its "new formulation(s)" — is still being used successfully for polishing acrylic etc., nor that it can still be successfully used. The references cited in the Other applications section generally pre-date the change in formulation. Therefore, for now, to ensure the material in the article is factual rather than speculation, I have changed all occurrences of "can be used" (or similar) in the Other applications section to "has been used".

If reliable recent references can be cited that show that particular statements still are valid, even with the "new formulation(s)", then the specific wording can be updated again to reflect that, such as "can be used".

Conversely, if reliable recent references can be cited that show that particular statements are now invalid, with the "new formulation(s)", then the specific wording can be updated again to reflect that, such as "was used (prior to the reformulation)".

—DIV (1.129.104.74 (talk) 12:01, 2 February 2021 (UTC))[reply]

Silvo

Silvo currently redirects here, but is not mentioned even once in the current article! —DIV (1.129.104.74 (talk) 11:25, 2 February 2021 (UTC))[reply]

Absolutely agree! I was looking for Silvo, it's components, manufacturer, etc but there is nothing here at all! 201.187.16.131 (talk) 14:52, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1940's exemplar

Maybe something of interest can be gleaned from this eBay listing, "1940's VINTAGE NO. 12 BRASSO METAL POLISH ADV. LITHO TIN-ORIGINAL POLISH,ENGLAND", that has several good photographs of a 1940's bottle. Unfortunately no hint on the can as to the ingredients. —DIV (1.129.104.74 (talk) 11:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC))[reply]

Abrasive

User Thealejandro deleted the information about Brasso being abrasive. I have restored it. If the National Trust say they don't use Brasso because it damages irreplaceable objects, that is important information!

Thealejandro says "Deleted section due to absolute lack of information other than seemingly giving bad publicity to this product on behalf of an entity. Very shady!!". However, it is Thealejandro who is "shady" - he/she is a new user with no other edits! I confirm I am not acting for any third-party "entity". One could just as easily speculate that Thealejandro is acting on behalf of Brasso, but I shall not do so. cagliost (talk) 15:10, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Th article specifically mentions kaolin or silica as an abrasion producing ingredient. 201.187.16.131 (talk) 14:56, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]