I was looking for a simple to use lacquer or coating of some sort to put on copper pipe to keep it from tarnishing from continued contact with people‘s hands. Any suggestions are welcome.
I don't think there is anything which will really stay on. That's why people keep cleaning their silverware which is made out of real silver and kept scrubbing their kettles and pots. Toothpaste makes a nice metal polish. rust oleum makes some products which work for a while, but are not suitable for items which get hot or you eat from, and nothing is really permanent (or if it is, I haven't found it). I haven't tried copper much, but I've tried a couple of products to keep iron from getting rusty, and basically have found the only thing which works is regularly recoat the bad spots.
The simple answer, because of the touching and its wear, is that you have to apply a plastic spray and reapply it as needed, perhaps cleaning it off before reapplying in order to clean the copper if you have left the wear too long. Krylon Plastic Spray would probably be your best bet. If you don't which to hope for the coating remaining intact, then wax applied regularly as a thin coat that is rubbed and thus does not build up.
I don't think there is anything which will really stay on. That's why people keep cleaning their silverware which is made out of real silver and kept scrubbing their kettles and pots. Toothpaste makes a nice metal polish. rust oleum makes some products which work for a while, but are not suitable for items which get hot or you eat from, and nothing is really permanent (or if it is, I haven't found it). I haven't tried copper much, but I've tried a couple of products to keep iron from getting rusty, and basically have found the only thing which works is regularly recoat the bad spots.
The simple answer, because of the touching and its wear, is that you have to apply a plastic spray and reapply it as needed, perhaps cleaning it off before reapplying in order to clean the copper if you have left the wear too long. Krylon Plastic Spray would probably be your best bet. If you don't which to hope for the coating remaining intact, then wax applied regularly as a thin coat that is rubbed and thus does not build up.
