And I love the faucet in your downstairs bathroom! No problems in the winter, only when he ksed his doors and has his air conditioner on in the hot August months. If anyone knows where I could get a replacement, please let me know. Gallery View Customize. Knape and Vogt.

The water lightens it a bit. When I had done both pieces, then I got out some mineral oil and rubbed it in. That evened up the color and made both pieces a bit darker again. You can see the shine of the mineral oil in this photo. Now you must control yourself from rushing around trying to find everything you own that is brass or bronze and throwing it in the solution.

Pour the solution back in the bottle; it can be reused. Anyway, I spray painted them, and they look just fine. I tried another brass push plate very similar to the one in the photo, but purchased at a different time and place. I soaked it in lacquer thinner as well. But when I put it in the solution, it was very streaky. Not acceptable. So I rinsed it off, got out the steel wool and went to work. Under a good light, I could tell that the lacquer thinner just had not gotten all the lacquer off.

I put in a good 15 minutes of elbow grease and steel wool. The second time I tried it, it came out lovely — just as good as the other one. This is how lovely it still looks three years later — this door handle gets touched multiple times every day. Like Like. You never cease to amaze me! There is a guy in Mt. Pleasant who finishes brass. But it sounds like you are having entirely too much fun.

Looks beautiful. He probably does it the real way though — with electro-something in front of the metal. I only do easy…. Thank you. The hardware looks fabulous! Great tips. We are doing a remodelling project and all the new hardware costs a fortune! Thanks so much for taking the time to post!

Oh you are welcome. This is my most popular post; which proves to me that there are a lot of people out there unhappy with their shiny brass fixtures!!!! Let me know how your project turns out! Thanks for reading. I used ammonia to remove the old laquer.

I also purchased the same bottle of bronze ager…. I have a second bottle in the mail now. How is your finish holding up? I noticed that the dark color will smear off on my finger if I rub the aged bronze hardware…. You should have written this blog post!!! I get edgy around ammonia and lye. Although if I had 94 hinges to sand, I would have probably been trying to find another way to get that lacquer off as well.

Have you oiled them well? I noticed that the finish came off before I oiled it, but once I rubbed it in, the finish has stayed perfectly. Thanks for this post. We bought some oil rubbed bronze handles and more than just the cost of replacing hinges, it is going to save me from the pain of adjusting the fit from New hinges and other esoteric hinges.

Yes, replacing hinges is a huge pain. I just rubbed the mineral oil in with a cotton rag. You can save the rag in a baggie as it gets pretty soggy and is definitely reusable. Thanks for reading! Thanks for the tip. This looks great. We have s era handles on all interior doors. This method could really class the place up. You are welcome. DIY Hairpin Legs. Live Edge Timber Co. JG Edelen. Black Bridge. Ebco Tools. Wood Technology. Show More. Featured Clearance.

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