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  1. 4th January 2007, 07:33 PM #1
    FrankS
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    Question Cleaning Brass

    I have a very old brass 3-light chandelier which has a lacquer,of unknown type,finish on it. How can this be effectively be removed without ruining the lustre of the brass. I need to clean it up PDQ 'cause the sparkies are on their way.Can anyone out there help me?
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    Why do you need to remove the lacquer, the brass will go very dull quickly without a protective coat on it.

    You could try paint stripper which won't require any buffing equipment.
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    Paint stripper doesn't work.
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