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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 12868080, member: 4654&quot;]I think the repair isn&#039;t that hard, maybe try what I&#039;ve said on a lesser piece before attempting the slope, practice makes perfect? Unfortunately I mix my own french polish so I can&#039;t really comment but both makers are well known in the restoring world and both have a very good reputation, learning how easy using french polish is will stand you in good stead in the future. Now for the brass, this opens up a whole new can of worms, if this were mine I would restore the whole box, I would remove the brass, re-french polish the whole box, use salt and vinegar to remove 99% of the tarnish and then polish to a high shine with brasso but this needs to be done when the brass is off the box. The problems you will have, the Coromandel is a type of ebony and ebony shrinks around screws, it&#039;s quite likely the screw will snap, 1) you will need to drill out the remainder 2) you will need to find the right size brass screw (old stock) 3) you will need to shape the screwhead once it&#039;s in place, do not underestimate how hard it will be to find the right screws, they will be Nettlefolds screws, the brass is a different coulor and the smaller they are the harder they are to get, you have to buy new old stock (they are not made anymore) and can cost a fortune for a few. TBH I doubt you will be able to slide paper under the brass to protect the wood from the brasso and salt and vinegar, leaving marks around the brass just looks really bad, (although the slope would look stunning fully restored). Because this slope doesn&#039;t need a full restoration and because you aren&#039;t an experienced restorer I would leave it if I were you until you have a number of restorations under your belt and this isn&#039;t the sort of piece you learn on. I maybe have 200 restorations under my belt and still I would be nervous about doing this, fixing the finish is one thing removing the brass is another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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