I found some vintage brass hardware. I'm trying to shine it up. I'm fairly certain it is solid brass. I tried the magnetic trick. It didn't stick. But after shining up some, some have almost a steel color to them. I can't tell if I need to just clean them up more before I polish them or if something else is going on. Can anyone offer any information? Thank you
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It looks like it was plated. Maybe cast aluminum as the base? I did the same polishing to the brass hardware original to my house. Kept going full send thinking it was corrosion I was seeing…good news is the base metal is super shiny; not a uniform color but that makes it a feature, right??