Stripping Lacquer off of Brass Kitchen Faucet
Cella
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Comments (2)Look into a institutional floor stripper that removes wax, etc.. At full-strength it's sure to remove sealers and lacquers too, but nothing like poly. Casey Here is a link that might be useful: floor stripping chemicals...See MorePreserving nitrocellulose lacquer on brass?
Comments (4)That's the problem with lacquer on anything....it wears off and leaves spots of tarnish, and if you want to make the piece look good and not spotty, you need to remove it all and start over. You can try a semi polish on the worn spots and quickly lacquer that spot....but I have never seen that work satisfactorily. If your brass is clean....you shouldn't have smelly hands after touching it. Is this a trombone or a trumpet?...Sax? If it's a good instrument it's worth taking to a restorer....See MoreLacquered vs. Waxed Brass for kitchen hardware?
Comments (8)That article was an eye-opener! Clearly, housekeeping standards today have fallen greatly if people don't know to clean their hood, the refrigerator coils, the inside of the refrigerator and the drawers, among other things! Hand washing is the best way to prevent the spread of germs! There was an article in the morning NYTImes about an outbreak of the norovirus at the Olympics and how dispensers of hand sanitizer were being distributed right and left. Only problem is that hand sanitizers do NOT kill norovirus, but as the article says, Ivory soap will. I do wipe my handles and knobs to remove stickiness and dirt, but not to "sanitize" them. I just wash my hands a LOT - and with soap. Remember, we live in the same house with all the people using our handles and knobs and we get their germs transferred to us all the time. Unless we all live like that poor "Boy in the bubble", transfer of germs between family members is pretty much inevitable....See MoreSources of traditional polished brass kitchen faucets?
Comments (2)@jacqueline9CA - when you say "traditional 4 hole faucet set" do you mean a "bridge faucet"? If so, "bridge faucet" is the term you should use when searching for them. There are hundreds of bridge faucets to choose from. You can check any of the links that @iroll posted above. Having said that, you couldn't PAY me to put a bridge faucet in my kitchen. I dislike having to use two knobs to turn on/off the water and adjust the temperature each time. I dislike a side sprayer for many reasons especially cause you have to keep holding it. I dislike all the holes to clean around. If your friend decides to get the easier and more efficient single hole faucet, she just needs to get a "deck plate" to cover the other 3 holes. Here are pics: BRIDGE FAUCET: DECK PLATE: SINGLE HOLE SINGLE HANDLE FAUCET WITH DECK PLATE: Your "one hole space age faucet thing":...See Morejakuvall
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