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Cleaning Brass
Margaret52129
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Hope you peeps can help out here!
I'm painting my outside door and I have Brass fittings, handle, letterbox, bell and yale keylock. I'm assuming the bell is as old as the house, (1903) as that's on the wall, but the others are on the door which is more modern, (over 30 years old tho!). I've found various sites telling you how to clean them, including some on here from 2006! using ketchup or lemon and salt, brasso, microfibre cloths and plain hot soapy water but although I've done that, they don't seem to be right. I've checked with a magnet and they are brass.
The handle is coming up 2 tone and the letterbox isn't much different from what it was. I'll admit I don't keep up to the cleaning of these as much as I should, but I've had them shiny in the past, but that was some years ago now!
I'll try to post photo's to show you, but my skill in doing that is akin to cleaning brass!!
I'm painting my outside door and I have Brass fittings, handle, letterbox, bell and yale keylock. I'm assuming the bell is as old as the house, (1903) as that's on the wall, but the others are on the door which is more modern, (over 30 years old tho!). I've found various sites telling you how to clean them, including some on here from 2006! using ketchup or lemon and salt, brasso, microfibre cloths and plain hot soapy water but although I've done that, they don't seem to be right. I've checked with a magnet and they are brass.
The handle is coming up 2 tone and the letterbox isn't much different from what it was. I'll admit I don't keep up to the cleaning of these as much as I should, but I've had them shiny in the past, but that was some years ago now!
I'll try to post photo's to show you, but my skill in doing that is akin to cleaning brass!!
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