cleaning manky gold bath taps???

[emsyj]

Our house needs quite a bit of work and we can't do it all at the moment due to lack of funds, so we are doing low-budget room makeovers.

The bathroom has gold coloured taps and fittings. The taps are quite marked and I am just wondering what to clean them with to make them look shiny again??? Are bathroom taps usually brass or what??

All tips and ideas gratefully received...

try using a lime scale remover like limescales using a tooth brush helps to get in to all those little gaps then buff. dont leave it on and come back latter or it may tarnish.

Oh dear. Too impatient was I for a sensible reply so I used Brasso and now I have taken off all the gold finish on the sodding taps. Whoops.

oh dear! if you want to replace with new cheap ones check out ebay there are bargains to be had! never mind brass aint fashionable at the moment lol!

Oh dear

I was going to suggest bicarb and vinegar

Erm...do they look ok?

They look shocking, so ebay it is. Will have a look now.

I would prefer to replace with chrome but unfortunately the shower has a large brass (effect?) water control thingummy that runs off the mains and we can't replace that without re-tiling, which is a step too far. So I think we're stuck with getting more gold, gah!