The label of Australian Brasso lists "Liquid Hydrocarbons 630g/L; Ammonia 5g/L", whereas the material safety data sheet for Brasso in North America lists: isopropyl alcohol 3–5%, ammonia 5–10%, silica powder 15–20% and oxalic acid 0–3% as the ingredients.

Always wear gloves and a mask– Brasso can cause skin irritation and inhaling the fumes may lead to drowsiness. Brasso has been successfully used to take minor (white) heat marks out of French polished wooden surfaces. Using Brasso to clean and polish grotty metal surfaces is super easy, and doesn’t cost you a fortune! And if your Brasso cleaning cloth goes dry, add more liquid Brasso to it or use a new piece of wadding.You should remove Brasso from small nooks before it dries– Use a small, slim tool that’s wrapped in a cloth to tease the excess Brasso from crevices. The online data sheet for Brasso wadding in the UK lists the ingredients as C8–10 Alkane/Cycloalkane/Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Quartz, C14–18 and C16–18 unsaturated Fatty acids, Kaolinite, Aqua, Ammonium Hydroxide and Iron Hydroxide. Reckitt's appealed to the companies asking for the polish to be recategorised in the hope of reducing costs, but the railways disagreed. Perform a small patch test to make sure the Brasso doesn’t mark or stain the surface you’re about to polish. Continue to do this until the patch is clean – you might need to apply more pressure to certain grimey patches.

Gently rub a piece of Brasso wadding onto the surface you want to clean to perform a small patch test – make sure the Brasso doesn’t mark or stain the surface you’re about to polish. The formula changed in 2008 to comply with US volatile organic compounds law and the metal bottle was replaced by a plastic one. This, in turn, means that you can quickly remove the wadding from the tin and use it straight away to polish a surface. Regularly wipe/buff the already treated surface with a new clean cloth to see how you’re polishing exercise is going.Because of the hydrocarbon components in the mixture it had a flash point of 72°F (22°C) ( Abel Close test) and so was classed by railway companies as dangerous goods. Brasso Liquid Metal Polishcan be used on your Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel, Chrome and Pewterobjects for a longer lasting shine.