Yes, white rice alone will clean, but not too shiny. Although shiny brass is purely cosmetic and clean brass is all you need. However, love me some shiny brass! "Goof Off" is mostly acetone with some other additives that slows the drying of the acetone. Nothing I found in Goof Off is harmful to brass. You can get at "Goof Off" any of the Menard's, Lowes, Gas stations, etc.
