It is the second scenario I am looking for. Do you have any
suggestions on what to use just to clean them up a bit?

On Thu, 26 May 2005 21:33:12 -0400, "Baron"
wrote:

If you are refinishing an antique to look like a brand new piece of
furniture, then you should do the same to the brasses. You might wish to be
something under bright and shiny as it will draw too much attention away
from the wood.

If you are restoring the piece to look like a clean, well preserved
antique, you should bring the brasses to the same level. They should be
cleaned but the amount of patination remaining should be in keeping with the
appearance of the rest of the piece.

Good Luck.

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When refinishing an antique would it be better to leave the tranished
darkened brasses as is or to bring them back to their shiny condition?