How To Clean Old Brass Door Handles

Like silver theyre both highly susceptible to tarnish but they are easy to manage if youre prepared to roll your sleeves up occasionally.

How to clean old brass door handles. To find out what youre dealing with put a magnet on the piece in question. First you will need to mix the natural ingredients into the brass cleaning solution. Magnets wont stick to.

December 15 2014 at 636 pm. Clean brass door handles with acidic lemon juice or vinegar. Step 2 Wipe the door handles with the soapy cloth.

Heres a great DIY way to. Here is a simple way to reveal your antique treasures and let them shine. If you are cleaning a brass doorknob or handle you may remove the hardware from the door to make it easier but just make sure you can get it back on when you are done.

Rough polishing or using abrasives is likely to remove the brass plating and damage your hardware. 5-10 minutes per door handle. You must not attempt to clean the brass while it is still on the furniture you can permanently damage the wood.

I have several old pieces of brass hardware from our c. Grace Posted at 1529h 22 July Reply. Another set is unpainted and I salivate as I pass it.

WikiHow Older homes often have brass heating vent covers window handles and locks and door knobs that have been covered with paint. Susie you are so. Then there was this great tip this morning Im in Australia then googled and.