Summary for brass bed cleaning Discussion
brass bed cleaning and painting comes up as a practical maintenance question: Robin Gootee says her large 25-year-old brass bed has become too hard to keep clean and asks whether there is an easier cleaning method or a way to paint it so it looks like an iron-and-brass bed. John Tuohy of Ireland offers the only direct advice in the thread: clean the brass thoroughly first, then apply a good-quality spray lacquer made for brass. He suggests this as a way to reduce future upkeep and jokingly says it could give "5 years of freedom," adding that he would use extra on the head of the bed. The thread does not discuss paint specifically, but it does suggest sealing the brass with lacquer rather than covering it with paint.
Q. I have a very large brass bed that is approximately 25 years old. I have a really hard time keeping it clean, so I’ve left it sitting for the past three years. Is there any easy way to clean the bed, that isn’t so time consuming or is there any way to paint over brass to make it look like an iron and brass bed?
Robin Gootee
– Fredericksburg, Virginia
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