Now that's one dirty piece of brass. Ha! That's funny if you're me. Anyway, Nils, a good friend of mine and a fellow contributor to the websites, had this dirty ass brass cat statue thing. I'd been staring at this jaguar/leopard/panther for years before I finally felt compelled to do a little something about its appearance. I had cleaned brass before so I knew it wouldn't be difficult or take much time or money. What I didn't know was how many ways there were to do it. It's unbelievable. And they're all easy. Since cleaning that little cat statue I've been feeling compelled to spend six straight days going to garage sales and antique shops looking for grimy little brass things that other people have deemed worthless and giving them a little face lift. It's actually kind of fun to clean brass. Especially when the object you started with is really tarnished and the final product looks like something completely different. I'm not saying the brass cat was that bad, but it did need some attention. If you're curious to see how it turned out, check out this article on How to Clean Brass.