Stripping Brass Plating
We're picking up our new-to-us 1996 Newmar Country Aire in a couple of weeks.
It's in wonderful shape, but holy cow, lots of brass, which makes me want to play some RunDMC and get out my parachute pants.
Fixtures, knobs, and towel hangers aren't too big of a deal to replace and go with a nickel or something more modern, but I'm really unsure what to do about the shower.
It's all brass, of course.
I've been reading that you can actually strip the brass plating off with oven cleaner (we use this trick in the hot rod hobby too), but before I do that, it would be nice to know what is underneath the plating on the shower surround.
Has anyone done this, or does anyone know what's under there?
I could also just disassemble, scuff, and rattle can it, which would hold up pretty well given the environment (assuming the moisture doesn't get to it, which it shouldn't), but if there is aluminum or something like that under it, it might be worth the effort.
Here is the stripping info I found: http://www.stylenorth.ca/blog/2011/02/strip-brass-with-oven-cleaner/
It's in wonderful shape, but holy cow, lots of brass, which makes me want to play some RunDMC and get out my parachute pants.
Fixtures, knobs, and towel hangers aren't too big of a deal to replace and go with a nickel or something more modern, but I'm really unsure what to do about the shower.
It's all brass, of course.
I've been reading that you can actually strip the brass plating off with oven cleaner (we use this trick in the hot rod hobby too), but before I do that, it would be nice to know what is underneath the plating on the shower surround.
Has anyone done this, or does anyone know what's under there?
I could also just disassemble, scuff, and rattle can it, which would hold up pretty well given the environment (assuming the moisture doesn't get to it, which it shouldn't), but if there is aluminum or something like that under it, it might be worth the effort.
Here is the stripping info I found: http://www.stylenorth.ca/blog/2011/02/strip-brass-with-oven-cleaner/
