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Change copper handles to black or pewter color

I have kitchen cabinet hinges and handles which are steel with a copper plating on them and I wish to simply change the finish so they look pewter or black. Is their a simple method such as dipping them in a certin chemical that I can do at home?

Tom Ware
ace security - Wayne, New Jersey
2004

2004

Check out letters 15330, 26564, 25866, 17396, and 19190. You might find them useful.

Jim Gorsich
Compton, California, USA

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