I knew someone who had the same finish on all the door hardware in his house .... he removed every piece & got them "all clean again" with some kind of industrial polishing compound. I couldn't tell if he was disappointed when I told him the pieces were SUPPOSED to have spots of different-colored metal. ack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dazer" <ddazer at sbcglobal.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor P bracket I had good luck cleaning mine with 0000 steel wool and some waterless hand cleaner that mechanics use. Go easy with it or you might end up stripping the whole thing off. When you see some of the copper coming back, quit. Dave phonofolks at aol.com wrote: I have an oxidized Victor P front mount support brack that is very dark. How could I bring the support bracket back to life so it will show the oxidized finish? Do I remove the old laquer/shellac finish and then relacquer? If so what type of finish remover would you recommend? Thanks!