Cleaning Brass

[FrankS]

I have a very old brass 3-light chandelier which has a lacquer,of unknown type,finish on it. How can this be effectively be removed without ruining the lustre of the brass. I need to clean it up PDQ 'cause the sparkies are on their way.Can anyone out there help me?

[DJ’s Timber]

Why do you need to remove the lacquer, the brass will go very dull quickly without a protective coat on it.

You could try paint stripper which won't require any buffing equipment.

[FrankS]

Paint stripper doesn't work.