Polishing hardware on kitchen cabinets

First, remove the knob (usually fastened by screws inside the drawer.) Then you can experiment with various silver metal polishes without harming the drawer front. When you achieve a finish you like, you can spray it with a clear lacquer to keep it tarnish-free (until handling wears out the lacquer.)

On Sun 03 Aug 2008 07:42:41a, Don Phillipson told us...

Nickek-plate is actually a pretty delicate metal finish. Be careful of whatever product you use as a polish as it could ruin the finish with its abrasives. (Many silver poslishes are highly abrasive.)

I would first try using a jeweler's rouge cloth. If that doesn't work, you try Semi-Chrome polish in the tube, but just a very small amount on a very soft cloth.

I've also seen this recommendation on the Web:

"A brilliant polish may be given to tarnished nickel by immersing in alcohol and 2 per cent of sulphuric acid from 5 to 15 seconds. Take out, wash in running water, rinse in alcohol, and rub dry with linen cloth."

HTH

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Are your right or left handed? :-)

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Nope. It's the quiet ones ya gotta keep an eye on ;-)