Aged Brass Bathroom Taps discount codes
Aged brass arrives looking thirty years old and is meant to stay that way. That is a different thing from unlacquered, and the difference matters.
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What is the difference between aged and unlacquered brass?
Aged brass has been darkened deliberately at the workshop and then sealed, so it arrives looking old and stays roughly that colour. Unlacquered brass arrives bright and gets there on its own over years. Neither is better, but they behave in opposite ways.
Will separate pieces match?
Not reliably if they are bought a year apart. Applied patina varies between batches, so buy the pieces that need to agree together, from one workshop, and ask when the run was finished.
How do I clean an aged brass tap?
A damp cloth and nothing else. Brass cream is for unlacquered metal and it will strip the aged finish off, leaving bright patches that only the maker can put back.
Aged is not the same as unlacquered
An aged or antiqued brass tap has been darkened deliberately at the workshop, usually with a chemical patina, and then sealed. It arrives looking like brass that has been in a house for thirty years, and it is meant to stay roughly that colour. An unlacquered tap arrives bright and gets there on its own over a few years.
Pick aged if you want the look now and want it stable. Pick unlacquered if you want the finish to keep moving. The mistake is buying aged and expecting it to keep developing, or buying unlacquered and expecting it to hold still.
Matching pieces is harder than it looks
Applied patina varies between batches, so a tap bought now and a matching towel rail bought next year may not be the same shade. If a room needs several pieces to agree, buy them together and from one workshop. Small makers are usually happy to tell you when a run was finished.
Wear and repair
The sealed layer on an aged finish wears where fingers land, and that is the point at which the two finishes diverge: a worn patch on unlacquered brass simply becomes part of the patina, while a worn patch on a sealed aged finish shows as a bright spot against the dark. It can be touched in by the maker, rarely by you.
Clean it with a damp cloth only. Brass cream is for unlacquered metal, and on an aged tap it strips the finish you paid for.