Bathroom light fixtures can be made of so many materials. Different kind of material surely requires different treatment, as well as oil-rubbed bronze.
Having a bathroom light that is made of oil-rubbed bronze fixture surely force you to maintain it differently than you maintain any other fixture.
Hence, here are some tips that you can use in maintaining oil-rubbed bronze bathroom light.
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1. Clean the Fixtures Often
The first and the simplest tip is by cleaning the oil-rubbed bronze fixture more often than cleaning any other fixture. Do the routine cleaning to your oil-rubbed bronze to keep it from corrosion, deterioration and also from green film.
Those are the things that probably will ruin the fixture. Keep the great colors of your oil-rubbed bronze shining by doing the right in routine cleaning.
2. Keep It from Dust
It’s sure that we need to keep all of our things from dust to keep it clean and look shiny. Keeping oil-rubbed bronze fixture from dust requires different ways than we usually do to other fixtures.
Always remember to not using shaving gel, toothpaste hairspray and any other bathroom grime since those things can ruin the surface of the fixtures. Use dry and soft flannel instead and wipe it gently to the fixtures.
3. Remove the Grim
A neglected bronze faucet surely requires routine cleaning since there will be so many grim stick on it. In case you already find so much grim, you can use a soft-bristle and an approved gentle cleaning ways.
Here is the formula. Mix one tablespoon of salt into three bottles of warm water then wipe the bathroom fixture with that formula and rinse it with clear water.
Remove all the grime and also the dust from around the base all crevices. Finish it gently using a flannel cloth to wipe the bathroom fixtures.
4. Polish Periodically
If the second and third tips are only on the surface, then you can go deeper with this tip. Dip any clean flannel cloth to liquid wax then wipe it to the entire bathroom fixtures.
Wait until it’s dry enough to coat the entire fixture. After that, use a fresh or new flannel cloth to burnish the metal. This step will help the fixtures to restore the shine on the bronze that has probably faded because of time.
5. Prevent Bronze Disease
This last step is probably the most important one since it will help you to prevent the bronze fixture from any diseases that may appears.
When the combination of oxygen and moisture from the cleaning process produce chlorides, it’s time for you to worry since there will be a rough corrosion that may appears too.
Reduce this possibility by using sodium sesquicarbonate that is also used by professional plumbers in removing any diseases on bronze.
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Taking care of bronze fixture, especially in the bathroom surely needs different kind of maintenance. This kind of material is special and rarely used. Therefore, those tips will definitely ease you in maintaining your oil-rubbed bronze fixtures.
Originally posted 2020-01-27 01:04:25.
