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Initial Lacquer Removal with Boiling Baking Soda

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What happens here

Begin by filling a large pot with water and bringing it to a boil on a stove. While the water is heating, add one tablespoon of baking soda per one quart of water to the pot. Using a screwdriver, carefully remove the brass door handles and any accompanying hardware from the door. Once the water is boiling and the baking soda is dissolved, submerge the brass handles into the solution. The hot water and baking soda will work to loosen and strip off the existing lacquer coating from the brass. Observe as the lacquer visibly drips off the brass pieces.

Goal: Remove the original lacquer finish from the brass hardware.

Tools and materials

  • Brass Door Handles — The items being refinished
  • Pot — Boiling water and submerging brass items
  • Screwdriver — Removing and reinstalling door handles
  • Stove — Heating the water
  • Water — Boiling process

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what we're gonna do is we're gonna boil some water, one tablespoon of baking soda, per one quart of water, door handles off, and we're gonna get that lacquer off. See that? That lacquer is just dripping off of this. We're gonna take a little acetone, get the remaining lacquer off of this brass. Scotch bright, burlopad. And what we're gonna be using today is this brass darkening solution.

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