BALTIMORE (WJZ)—It's a unique shop in Fells Point, and it's been a success for nearly 40 years. Ron Matz has the brass facts on a Baltimore business that has customers here and all over the world.

Question: Three times in 10 years, I’ve installed a new brass kickplate on the front door of my house. Each time, the protective coating has worn away, leaving an ugly pattern. This covering has never ...

Bringing shine and function back to your classic brass bug sprays — restoring vintage charm one spray at a time!

QUESTION: What can I do to remove several layers of paint from an old brass bed? I don’t want to ruin it with scraping and don’t know what chemicals would do to the brass finish. My goal is a shiny ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Josh Landress is the owner of J. Landress Brass, a brass-instrument-restoration and -retail company in New York City. He walks us through how he and his team restore ...

Scott Ciardi describes his job as making “old cruddy stuff look good again.” And he says he loves it. Ciardi owns Brass from the Past, where he restores brass objects in all shapes and sizes. His work ...

GOOD AGAIN. THAT’S BASICALLY WHAT I DO. SCOTT GEORGIADIS SOUTH DARTMOUTH WORKSHOP IS CHOCK FULL. CAN CANDLESTICKS A FAN? A GOOSE ALL WAITING FOR HIS CAREFUL ATTENTION TO TIME CONSUMING. IT’S DIRTY, IT ...