How to Re-Polish a Brass Candle Stand
by kabuchok in Workshop > Metalworking
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How to Re-Polish a Brass Candle Stand
This is a friends piece he got from his mum so I was so happy to breath some new life into it.
Disassemble the whole thing and use scrapper/spatula/knife to remove wax and other scrap
Getting Started
First I took apart the whole thing to its 3 individual pieces.
This helps a lot in handling and basically scrubbing.
What you will need for this project is:
-Stainless steel scrubber
-Scouring powder (mostly just ordinary all-purpose cleaner will do)
-Container to wash-in.
-Brass polisher.
-Cotton cloth.
-Tissue paper.
-Spatula/Knife
Scrubbing
After some hard scrubbing this is how it looks.
Took lots of effort around those edges but finally I made it,
Make sure you dry it completely with a cloth before you begin polishing.
Polishing
Just one bottletop of polish is enough for the whole project.
I'm sorry I don't have detailed images, I thought of doing the instructable after i'd already completed the project.
Use one of the corners of your cloth and basically just dip it in the polish, scrub the s*!t out of that metal.
Keep doing this till you achieve a shinny almost mirror-like surface.
Once your done use some tissue paper for the final polish.
DONE!! Good as new