G "Guglielmo" Evans GfourSDW wrote:

The next question for all is....how to clean up the green verdigris that is
on some parts of the coil, and also the brass pulley that runs up
and down the coil.....ie...how to clean it but without doing damage
for the future. (And I suppose that means that taking that exercise with
yesterday's antenna exercise that in the space of 24 hours I will
have done everything that Mrs.Nugatory has ever done, plus
all the other experiments (including some mistakes about
which I'm not the least embarrassed) as well!)




Give it a good clean with IPA first to get rid of the grime then one of
the pan scourers intended for non stick pans usually removes most of the
oxidization. Don't use anything too abrasive as the silver plating is
can be rather thin.

Steve H

P.S. Sorry about having to change your call but the news server has it
down as a "bad word"