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Stripping paint off brass

Q. Please instruct me how to safely remove paint from an antique brass bed?

Thank You

Linda [surname deleted for privacy by Editor]
hobbyist - North Versailles, Pennsylvania, USA
2004

Vintage Brass Beds & Parts on eBay [affil link]

A. You can use any proprietary paint stripper. After treatment rinse well (with acetone ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] Warning! highly Flammable! or white spirit).

Good luck!

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2004

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