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It’s the cheapest method and made the biggest difference for me. Dating Antique Drawer Pulls The style and construction of antique drawer pulls offer clues about the date the hardware was made. If you’re not sure where to start, I recommend the baking soda and boiling water. My drawer pulls didn’t turn out perfect, but there are SO MUCH cleaner than before! I didn’t even know they had a pattern before I started cleaning them! Each of the cleaning methods I used worked well to remove the rust and grime from these antique beauties. You’ll need an air compressor for sandblasting as well as a sandblaster, but this can be a great way to give your drawer pulls a new look. If your metal drawer pulls are rusted, you can opt to sand blast them. The most common materials for these classical handles include zinc alloy and aluminum alloy.

Related: Troubleshooting Drawer Slides Sandblasting Antique drawer pulls are made of different materials. It will leave a green tint anywhere that it is not rubbed off. Be sure to scrub all of the Brasso off of the hardware.

I wore gloves again because I wasn’t sure if the Brasso would irritate my hands.

Make sure you’re in a well ventilated area and consider wearing a breathing mask.

For pulls with a lot of rust, use a toothbrush to get the Brasso into the small crevices and knock off the rust.

Rub the Brasso into the drawer pull with the rag.

Squirt a little bit of Brasso onto a cloth rag.

For drawer pulls that still had some rust and dirt I used a toothbrush to rub the Brasso in and gently knock the rust off. The Brasso worked best on hardware that was already mostly clean. It has a very strong chemical smell that left me with a headache even though I only used it for about 20 minutes or less in an area with an open window and fan. It was my least favorite cleaning method because of the chemical smell of Brasso. I accidentally scrubbed some of the finish off of the raised sections of these drawer pulls while trying to clean out the grooves.īrasso was the last thing I used on my drawer pulls and it did a great job of shining them up. These are t he same gloves I wear for staining wood and they held up great against the Bar Keepers Friend.

I don’t know if it’s necessary to wear gloves, but I did just to make sure the powder wouldn’t irritate my hands.