How To Relaquer Brass Door Handle

Apply 3 or 4 coats of lacquer to the item allowing the lacquer to dry completely between coats.

How to relaquer brass door handle.

On a newspaper covered surface brush the handles and plates with lacquer remover. Remove the hardware from the door so the finish of the door will not be affected. Buy rust oleum universal paint primer in one we chose satin nickel. Quebec i was amazed with the results.

18 october 2004 at 6 08pm edited 30 november 1 at 1 00am in old style moneysaving. Guide to brass refinishing. I started out by doing my front door knobs and hardware the pieces i bought to use protectaclear on. After the coating is loosened use grade 0000 steel wool to remove the coating and to polish the brass.

Sand the brass door handles with 400 grit sanding paper. A lacquer coating might keep your brass fixtures nice and shiny for a while. After you polish the brass you will want to protect it by applying a protective coating to the surface. Lacquered brass door furniture can tarnish when the protective lacquer coating breaks down.

How to spray paint brass door handles yourself in 5 steps. Wipe down the brass door handles with grime boss wipes. Tarnish is a form of thin corrosion which will only develop on the surface of the bare metal. The brass refinishing process is relatively easy.

11 replies 19 5k views 16011996 forumite. The best solution is to remove the lacquer so you can polish the brass bits wax them or paint them. Worse still you can t reach the brass itself to give it a good polish so it begins to tarnish. The brass had not been polished for 15 years.

Here is a before and after picture of my brass door handles. The protecta clear levels itself so well no touch up required. But soon the layer begins to dull and turn yellow which is never a good look. Remove the brass door handles with a screwdriver.