Brass Floor Registers?

[Brent Hohlweg]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know the original supplier of the 3.5" x 13.5" (appx outside brass plate measurement) brass floor register vents for our 2004 Beaver Marquis. Our brass has all pitted and cannot be polished to return to a good finish. Maybe someone already replaced theirs with another supplier and design (hard to find this size or a good quality register that will look nice in the coach).

Cheers Brent

[Bob Stone]

Brent
The dimensions given for heat and return registers is the size of the duct they serve and not the overall dimension of the register. Could this be the reason you are having difficulty in finding a replacement?

Home Depot has a large selection of sizes, designs and material as does Floor Registers:

www.HomeDepot.com

www.FloorRegisters.net

I hope this is of some assistance.

Bob

[Joel Ashley]

If you are interested in trying it, Kwik Set provided me with refinishing instructions for brass door latch sets, and may be an option in this instance.  Much of the apparent deterioration is actually in the surface clearcoat, not the metal.  Polishing does little good if there is a coating between the brass and the polish.

The procedure worked okay on our home entry set, but was a bit tricky.  Simply put, you remove the outer clearcoat with paint remover, polish the underlying brass well, then apply a new protective clearcoat.  This won't, however, deal with any true pitting issues.

Joel

[Steve Jewell]

Brent,

     Try this place      http://www.signaturehardware.com/product14636

Steve

[Stan Simpson]

Brent,

Once you have the correct size, I would also give Nicholson Hardware in Rockford IL a call at 815-963-4821. They have been in business for over 100 years and have 3 buildings of stock, much of it discontinued items and hard to find stuff.

I live in Rockford, and can attest personally to their ability to find stuff on a shelf in the "other buildings".

[Keith Oliver]

I had purchased a spry bomb of one of the paint colours for the outside of the coach, to do some touch up.  With that done, and a lot of paint left in the can, I painted my register covers, as they had the same pitted look you have.  They now look like new, except the colour now matches the outside of the coach.  It was a simple job to samd with fine wet/dry and refinish.

[Brent Hohlweg]

Thanks everyone! This info helps a lot to get these registers all fixed up :-) Cheers Brent