Refinish old brass door handle

One old brass entry door handle needs refinished with bright brass and lacquered. I want to keep the door and the newer brass handle holes don't line up. Please contact me if you will do single jobs like this.

There is no particular difficulty in this job, Robert -- but you need to consider that when a door handle is built, it is one of hundreds that are simultaneously processed on automatic machinery. When you want a single one polished, buffed, cleaned, activated, plated, and lacquered, it will certainly take a plating shop employee an hour or two. Think what a plumber or mechanic charges for an hour or two of their time. So it often costs as much or more to replate an old one as you would pay for a new one.

Please don't think people are trying to rob you if you would find the cost of an hour or two of labor unacceptable. Good luck!

Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey