On Oct 1, 2:47*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Or if there is any amateur way to make them look antique?

Dry ammonia process.

Clean the brass - sometimes the old ones too (if not terribly
valuable) using a 3M or Webrax plastic pad. Degrease with acteone or
similar.

Plastic tub - Tupperware or chinese takeaway, but fairly deep is good.

Splash a couple of teaspoons of ammonia into the tub. Use "strong
cleaning ammonia", about 26% and fairly easily available from old
school hardware shops, even today.

Half fill the tub with woodshavings, hamster bedding (used is fine!)
or similar.

Place the brass on top of the shavings and close the lid. Don't spill
liquid ammonia onto the brass or you get splash marks.

Leave it for an hour or two. Maybe open and turn the brass a couple of
times. Leave until cooked. Ideally use a big tub, and do all the
handles together, starting with them equally clean and shiny.

Dispose of the ammonia down a sink, or onto the garden (good
fertiliser!).