1915 T and brass, brass, brass

[Chip]

There seems to be 3 schools on how to handle brass–don’t touch it, shine it up a bit, and polish the heck out of it. I’m in the second school, but am unsure how to preserve the shine. I’ve seen other brass-era cars that have mirror finishes sealed with lacquer. That’s a bit much IMHO, I’d just like to preserve the shine for a reasonable amount of time without having to buy stock in Brasso

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The problem with lacquer is the brass slowly turns black under the lacquer. Then you have to remove the lacquer to polish the brass. It simply delays the polishing.

I polished all the brass on my '15 touring today. It takes maybe 5 hours to do it. About once every six months for me.