| Sometimes brass can start to look a bit dark and | | | | cleaned with abrasive materials. You don't want to |
| tarnished after a few years exposed to the | | | | take the chance that you can scrape the brass |
| elements. In this article we are going to go over | | | | right off so you need to use a more gentle |
| how you can get them looking nice again. Before | | | | solution. The easies way to find out is to use a |
| we get started you should know that some | | | | magnet on the handle. If it sticks to the handle |
| solutions for cleaning brass can be toxic so make | | | | then you know that it is plated because brass has |
| sure you take the proper precautions to protect | | | | no magnetic qualities. The problem with this trick |
| yourself. | | | | is that if it doesn't stick its still not 100% certain |
| Some handle sets are brass and some are just | | | | that its brass. A more definitive test would be to |
| brass plated so you need to make sure you | | | | make a scratch in a nondescript location on the |
| know what you're working with. The reason we | | | | lock. If the color inside the scratch is yellow then |
| do this is because brass plated handles should be | | | | it is solid and if not then you have a plated handle. |