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In normal use your brass door knocker should not require much attention. It should just hang on your door looking good for many many years to come. Occasionally a cleaning may be necessary. Care should be taken if you attempt to clean your brass door knocker. Like the rest of your brass door hardware it will scratch easily. [...] Over the years I have worked on thousands of brass door knockers. This was the first time I experienced the actual birth of one. [...] Our experience in the foundry making our brass door knocker didn’t start in the foundry at all. As a matter of fact there is a lot of work to be done before the foundry work can even begin. First of all we need something to cast. We call this the pattern. It seems that our brass door [...] The posts have been scarce lately as I have been spending a good deal of time in the foundry with the development of our latest brass door knocker design. Two years ago I would have never imagined actually creating our own castings. Until now we have sourced our castings from production foundries many located in another [...] A door knocker needs to be made from a bright yellow brass that casts and polishes well. Not all brasses are alike. [...] Surface mount uses screws that pass through the door knocker and into the door. [...] Brass has many benefits when it comes to door knockers. [...] |
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