The first thing you need to know is whether it is solid brass or just brass plated.Scratch the backside of a hinge or a hidden part of your brass piece. If you see a different metal under the coating, it is brass plated. If a deep scratch, or even a bit of grinding reveal no different metal, it...
We took an old chrome chair that was quite rusty and tried cleaning it with various products.Just paint thinner and steel wool did a fairly decent job, although you have to be careful to not scratch the chrome. But this put on no protection against rust coming right back.Care polishes and other ...
Last year on the show we followed the process of metal plating at a company in Toronto called Mayfair Plating. At the end of the interview I caught my guest by surprise when I asked him if he could plate baby shoes. He said he has tried but couldn't find out how to get it to work. So I asked o...