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Removing paint from brass letterbox and door handle

  • 30-08-2016 1:13pm
    #1
    briancarr82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 313 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    Have a brass letterbox and door handle of a front door. The wrong paint (black) was put on the a few years ago, must have been for metal. But anyways a lot of it has chipped off and i'm looking to strip the rest of the paint off and polish up the brass, at least i think it's brass it's that colour anyways. Anyone any tips on how to strip in? i could just scrub it with a brillo pad or something. Just not sure what the best way would be. All suggestions welcome


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  • #2
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    Nitromors, but you will need to remove them from the door.


  • #3
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    A lot of brass door fittings are clear lacquered, so if you use a paint stripper like Nitromors I'd imagine you'll remove that as well as the paint. I hope you like polishing :)


  • #4
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Remove them from the door, use nitromors as said and then after you polish it up, used a clear laquer to stop it dulling.

    Alternatively, caustic soda will remove everything but will leave a dull / matt finish.


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