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11/12/2005 9:00 AM
 
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Hi, I have a starboard running light from an old ship that was antiqued (before I purchased it) in a bronze looking plate. I have had this object for 40 years... it was old when I got it. Some one had converted it to a lamp. I have noticed a bluish green stain is spreading around seamed areas. I wondered if there was a way to stop this from occuring? Perhaps there is a way to neutralize this and seal the areas affected? I have heard it referred to as a type of metal cancer... Can anyone help me with this please? Thank you.
 
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11/17/2005 9:00 AM
 
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Bonnie: The bluish-green "stain" on your bronze running light is probably a copper oxide corrosion product that occurs on copper alloys upon exposure to the atmosphere and is not a "metal cancer". To minimize the stain you isolate the light from the atmosphere. You might try applying a clear lacquer spray. David Hendrix The Hendrix Group Inc.
 
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