01Cleaning brass-plated door knobs. Brass door knobs and copper handles can be found on antique doors, and their cleaning methods are pretty much the same. Here are the steps you can follow. Get a scrub pad and damp it in a little water. Apply a fair amount of door handle polish on ...
Expert advice on how to fix problems with a key operating a door lock, including issues where the key doesn't work right, the lock is stuck, the lock is frozen, the key is broken-off inside the lock, and more.
When it comes to adding sparkle to your kitchen, one of the best ways tomake a small space look luxeis by removing dusty handles and replacing them with new shiny ones. TheBrass and Marble door knob from Anthropologieis gorgeous and comes highly rated by happy shoppers. We also can't res...
but they’re just so hard to find in good working order,' says Helen Parker, creative director ofdeVOL Kitchens. With this in mind, deVOL set about making their own collection of aged brass faucets that look old but work like new. 'These taps have become ...
I had only used it to clean real brass before, and I was pretty sure this hardware wasn’t real brass. I wasn’t sure if it would work or not, but it SO did! First, I ran some water over the hardware, then sprinkled the Bar Keeper’s Friend on. ...
2. If that doesn’t work, remove the valve and run very hot water over it to remove any paint.You can also soak it in nail polish remover for about a half hour. Then take the end of a pointy toothpick or straight pin and put tip into the holes on the nozzle to clean out the ...
Because the bathroom was starting to go more glam (more on that later) so we needed to bring in black and wood STAT. We chose those pretty straight modern wood handles and knobs, which helped and then, of course, the sconces that are ridiculous and really take this bathroom in a differe...
Install the shower head arm (supply pipe), shower head(s) and knobs and trim of your controls. The shower arm is typically a short, slightly bent 1/2″ pipe that is threaded on both ends and finished to match your shower fixtures. The shower arm connects the rough in plumbing behind ...
July 1956 ushered in a new Pontiac general manager who would prove crucial to the make's near-term fortunes. This was Semon E. "Bunkie" Knudsen, son of '30s division chief "Big Bill" and the youngest leader in Pontiac history. GM brass told Bunkie to do what he could with the existin...