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Thanks for your replies. I have some Rustin's Metal Lacquer brush on coming tomorrow. I'll give it another careful clean, warm the brass and try the Rustin's. Hopefully it will stay shiny for a long while without needing anything more than a wipe over with a damp cloth.

This is the plaque in it it's tarnished state and how it looks now (no lacquer). I didn't think to take a pic of the lacquer problem, as at the time I was only concerned with removing it.

I didn't warm it but it was all done indoors at about 19 or 20c and both the lacquer and plaque had been at that temperature for a day or two prior. After polishing I thoroughly cleaned it with methylated spirits including using a toothbrush to clean inside the engraving. I then washed it in hot...

I'm restoring an old brass plaque which is about 200mm by 130mm and has engraved lettering on it. I removed all the dirt, tarnish, and the bits of old black paint remaining in the letters, polished it to a shine and filled the engraved lettering with black acrylic paint, and it looked superb. I...