Leo is completely correct unless the fill tube is busted like ours was. It had a small crack that let the water run out. We had to replace the fill tube and flapper. ... View related article.
I read in the Readers Digest that using a simple dish soap will disolve the grease and follow up with boiling water down the drain. I think they called for Dawn. P.S. I wouldn't have found this sight except I saw it in this months Reader's Digest. ... View related article.
If you have no other use for the lights and are willing to get rid of them, putting them into a campfire will give you a couple of hours of beautiful colors. They do not explode. My son in law had a campfire and I asked how he got the fire to burn blue and green and he told me about the broken lights. His family has done it for years. ... View related article.
My son uses a jewelery cleaning cloth that can be purchased at places that sell fine jewelery. If the right cloth is purchased, it should have a reddish cloth attatched to it. I think this is called a rouge cloth. When you go over the brass with this cloth you will see the cloth get black. Another cloth usually a soft cotton should be attatched to this also to wipe your item off with. It really takes tarnish off, but as with all brass will begin to tarnish again... good luck. ... View related article.
