Re: brass faucet

"Phisherman" <nobody@noone.com> wrote in message
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> On 22 Jun 2003 16:59:43 GMT, lionors17@aol.comet (Lionors17) wrote:
>
> >Some cleaning product, likely Windex (culprit is not home), was
oversprayed
> >onto our brass faucet, leaving large, dark spots.
> >
> >Tried using 'hair of the dog' to clean the spots, but to no avail. At
least no
> >new damage was done.
> >
> >Any idea how to remove the spots, or are they there forever?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >
> >Lionors
>
> Try some metal polish. Brasso works well. Your rag should turn black
> as you polish the faucet, else the faucet may have some kind of finish
> on it.

and you can lacquer brass afterwards to help protect it in future. i'm not
sure how this would go on a tap... but then again i'm sure the knowledgable
people in this group know how to get lacquer off brass if it all goes wrong
;-)
kylie
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