CARDEA brass handles and ironmongery consists of a lot more copper in the mix, giving that beautiful golden rich look that you used to get with solid brass handles and ironmongery from times past. The CARDEA Ironmongery range of solid unlacquered brass is now available at More Handles. Of course in the Downton Abbey era the job of polishing the brasses would fall to 'Thomas the Footman' or one of the other downstairs staff, if you are not quite that far up the class list yet then you may have to do the polishing yourself. That said, you can also apply a traditional brass polish and keep the items polished if you wish. Simply allowing the unlacquered brass door knobs to age gracefully without any regular polishing is certainly easier, and creates a lovely lived-in look to the door knobs. All of these can be found in our Antique Brass and Bronze Door Knobs and our Bronze and Antique Brass Door Handles categories. In most cases people are looking for an aged antique look and Unlacquered Brass Door Knobs and handles provide this perfectly. Unlacquered Brass Door Handles and Unlacquered Brass Door Knobs This tends to happen particularly on door knobs and letterplates that are fitted externally. When this happens the brass develops a dull pitted and tarnished look, but because of the remaining lacquer it becomes very difficult to clean properly - in fact most efforts to clean it simply accelerate the problem and make it look even worse. There is also the issue of the lacquer coating breaking down over time and the brass then begins to tarnish. Unlacquered Brass Door Knobs well and good if you are looking for a high polished finish to the door knobs, but that is not always the look you want in an older property. This means the brass product is given a highly robotised polished finish and then a lacquer coating is applied to the item to help keep that high polished shine without any ongoing maintenance. Most manufacturers today supply their brass door knobs, handles and ironmongery in a Polished and Lacquered finish. Almost immediately you have a door knob that will look as if it has always been there. The rich colours of brass exude quality and age gracefully when no lacquer coating is applied, and this allows the ironmongery to develop it's own unique patina and finish. Here at More Handles HQ we love the look of Unlacquered Brass door handle and door knobs. If you are trying to achieve the perfect look for your own Downton Abbey - or possibly a smaller period property or restoration project, then we would definitely recommend you have a look at using some of our beautiful Unlacquered Brass Hardware collections featuring door handles and door knobs. Vintage Cupboard Handles & Knobs View All.Luxury Cupboard Handles & Knobs View All.Unique Cupboard Handles & Knobs View All.Polished Nickel & Satin Nickel Cupboard Knobs.Polished Chrome & Satin Chrome Cupboard Knobs.Thumblatches & Privacy Latches View All.Aluminium & Stainless Steel Pull Handles.Polished & Satin Nickel Door Pull Handles.Antique Iron, Steel & Pewter Pull Handles.Polished Nickel & Satin Nickel Door Handles on Rose.Polished Chrome & Satin Chrome Door Handles on Rose.Stainless Steel & Aluminium Door Handles on Rose.Bronze & Antique Brass Door Handles on Rose.Aluminium & Stainless Steel Door Handles.Polished Nickel & Satin Nickel Door Handles.
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