Agree, don’t make it look new by sanding it back! I also wouldn’t protect the brass, lacquered brass always looks worse than aged/natural brass IMHO and I have more than once bought cheap lacquered brass things and stripped and aged them with various concoctions.
Agree, don’t make it look new by sanding it back! I also wouldn’t protect the brass, lacquered brass always looks worse than aged/natural brass IMHO and I have more than once bought cheap lacquered brass things and stripped and aged them with various concoctions.
Good project, good luck - enjoy