I happened to clean up my candle holders one day. I let them soak in
water and the black iron look is now gone. Help!!! These are my
girlfriends and she would kill me if she saw them at this stage.My
question is how do I bring it back to it's original look?
"Cagney" <frequency\"NOSPAM\"@no-spam> wrote in message
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> I happened to clean up my candle holders one day. I let them
> soak in water and the black iron look is now gone. Help!!!
> These are my girlfriends and she would kill me if she saw
> them at this stage.My question is how do I bring it back to
> it's original look?
I'm not sure what you mean by "black iron look". Do
you mean there was a black coating that soaked off,
that they're now rusted.....?
How about an image of these, posted to your webspace,
with a URL posted to this group.
Kris
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:57:08 -0400, Cagney
<frequency\"NOSPAM\"@no-spam> wrote:
>I happened to clean up my candle holders one day. I let them soak in
>water and the black iron look is now gone.
Well it wasn't a very good finish then - candle holders need cleaning
occasionally. I'm asuming these are modern, some sort of metal, and of
insignificant value (for curatorial purposes).
Get a small stiff brush (even an old toothbrush) and then use either
Zebo blacklead grate polish or Liberon's decorative black wax (you
might need equivalent local brands). Zebo is "powdered graphite in
oil" and gives a heatproof but very matt black finish. Liberon's is
wax polish with black pigment and silica in it. It's heatproof enough
for a candlestick, but not a grate. It does give a nicer sheen for
decorative pieces.