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   Mad_Dog | Nov 27, 1999 11:41pm | #1

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   I don't know. But, you will want to make sure they are solid brass, and not brass plated pulls. Put a magnet to them, that way you can tell if they are solid brass.

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   Guest_ | Nov 28, 1999 12:30am | #2

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   Chuck 'em in lacquer thinner for a few minutes. That'll remove the lacquer coat. (They are probably lacquered, most brass hardware is now.) Plated or solid, the thinner won't penetrate beyond the lacquer. Let nature do the rest. It won't take long.

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   Guest_ | Nov 28, 1999 01:02am | #3

   *Does animal urine work on brass like it does on copper?

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   Guest_ | Nov 28, 1999 03:44am | #4

   *I do this all the time. A bucket of lacquer thinner. Soak for a couple of days, then buff out with a polishing wheel on your grinder. If you want to speed up the tarnishing you can buy a chemical solution just for this purpose from any roofing supplier that sells copper rolls. Never tried the animal urine, you first, then tell me how it turned out.Bill Swales

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   Guest_ | Nov 28, 1999 04:52am | #5

   *Are you thinking that if you ever have to do this job, you and all your crew might need to take a leak into the bucket half way through?! I'd suggest you empty the lacquer thinner out first. We don't want new, especially powerful and obnoxious mind altering chemicals appearing on the market do we?

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   Guest_ | Nov 29, 1999 04:25am | #6

   *Tie 'em together and hang them half-way up a fire plug.

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   jeff_burstein | Jan 04, 2000 11:45pm | #7

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   We want to remove the shiny finish and allow our brass cabinet handles to tarnish, what's the best way to do so?