Finish for brass plate for doorbell push

If my own door fittings are anything to go by, it'll look like crap after a couple of months :)

I remember once I got one of these passivated by a local plating firm, it was quite attractive as it kind of had rainbow colours in some lighting conditions, of course if its going to need to look like brass then some kind of clear varnish would be my choice. Brian

No it will go a weird green colour if you do that!

Brian

Maybe you live on the coast then.... Brian

Decide what finish you actually want and look up the appropriate dangerous pickling solution to get that matt? surface finish.

I would be inclined to put a coat of yatch varnish on it. That lasts pretty well even in a marine environment with UV and salt spray about.

WAIT 4E4 for ZX aficionados.

Which will make those delivering things think it doesn't work so ignore it. They don't seem to need much of an excuse. ;-)

Ah yes, I've had to respring my bell push several time due to the folk who seem to hit it with some kind of marshal arts skill leaving it not working for the gentle pusher. Another annoying thing about some cheap wireless bells are that the button is on a piece of conductive foamwhich sits on a piece of pcb with raised pieces between conductors. Then when it starts to perish and collapses the bell spontaneously goes of if wet gets inside. Very nice. Apparently they are designed for inside blocks of flats.

Brian

For anyone wanting to maintain a polished finish on external brass/copper I can recommend this.

ANGLE GRINDER!