Clean and Sand Brass Components

So now we're going to begin the prepping process of this brass. Now I got this brass right here. Got some fine sanding sponges, some sandpaper, paper, and rubber paper just to begin sanding this. Whatever works best to get around the angles. And we just begin lightly sanding it. Get it nice and scuffed up. Then we're going to clean them with Dawn, our dish soap, to make sure there's no contaminants. It doesn't take It just takes a little bit of light sanding just so you can see that it's scratched and scuffed up. If you don't sand it, then you're not going to create a rough enough profile for your paint to bond to, and it probably could actually peel off pretty easily since it is a really smooth brass finish. [Music] So, just like that. So, this one, this piece is sanded. It's got a nice good uh scratched up profile on it. Now, I'll begin cleaning it with my dish soap. So, when you get ready to clean them, we just actually use Dawn dish soap. It actually rinses off, doesn't leave a residue, and we use it to actually get any contaminants off so you don't get any fish eye in where it's actually beading away. Dawn dish soap, just a simple inexpensive soap. And we typically use a sponge and a showering pad. So once we get these things all