Question: How was this unit bead blasted (glass, soda, walnut shells, etc)? Also, who did the bead blasting and polishing?
Answer: I do all my own cleaning and restorations. After taping off the holes on the unit, I bead-blast with 80 mesh black diamond glass and then polish with a Dremel brass abrasive head. Then follow up with brass polish.
Question: What type of brass polish do you use?
Answer: I almost always use Brasso and then clean the residue off with brake parts cleaner.
So my question to the experts here – Is there any danger to using this torch after I receive it based on the cleaning process? I have looked at the SDS for Brasso and it seems to have several different formulations over the years, some with hydrocarbons and petroleum distillates.
I would think that by now any "leftovers" would have long since evaporated away, but I just don’t want to take any chances. Would dunking the whole torch in Isopropyl alcohol (90%) and giving it a few days to evaporate be a suitable answer?
