> If your hinges are coated with old lacquer and crud, you can soak them over night in ammonia. They will come clean, then you can use the Page method or lacquer them like Potter. Lacquer will eventually discolor, and if you scratch a hinge while installing, you have to re-lacquer, as opposed to rubbing and waxing. Lacquer is not as bright or natural looking as waxed brass. I've had customers remark on the difference. There's a new variation of Page's method. Renaissance Micro-crystalline Wax Polish removes tarnish and leaves an invisible coating, works quickly, and the small can of wax lasts a long time. It was developed by the British museum. Arthur Grudko Jon Page <jonpage@comcast.net> wrote: > A quick way, if you want a polished satin finish, is to sand with >320. 400 and buff >with gray ScotchBrite and finish with two coats of Rain Dance paste car wax. >-- > This will certainly work, but I have found better long-lasting results by coating with a couple/three coats of Mohawk's "Lacquer for Brass", which has anti-tarnish attributes. I find this superior to any paste wax. > > Mark Potter > > >
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