Cleaning Tarnished Copper

Has your copper tarnished to the point of no return? Don’t throw in the towel just yet! Just mix some lemon juice with salt into a paste-like consistency, dab some of the paste onto a swab and use it as a mild abrasive to restore your copper back to its as-new condition!

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