cleaning antique brass

Hi I have just bought an antique brass lectern H74"xW17" (max) It has a lot of detail and needs to be cleaned anyone know where I could get it done it looks like it would be very difficult to do by just using Brasso.is there something that could be poured on and washed off?

my mother swears by soaking brass in coca cola(it really works)

I`ve heard terrible stories about Coke.

It can ruin your stomach, make you fat, give you spots

But it can be used for cleaning things like brass if you put a bit of Coke into a glass then put a dirty penny (or any dirty old coin) for a couple of mins it brightens them up a treat.

Not sure if you can drink it after though but it`d probably be safer.

S.L.F said:

I`ve heard terrible stories about Coke.

It can ruin your stomach, make you fat, give you spots...

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But the ads used to say that things go better with coke; maybe they just meant the tarnish on brass.

It leaves brass gleaming, if it leaves any brass at all.

I think the man who first started advertising coke had brass bits and I doubt very much he cleaned them with coke.