How can I repair oil rubber bronze handles and granite counter top?

For the counters to get rid of the haze, rubbing alcohol or cheap vodka will work.

Not sure what to do with faucet handles. Depends what the base metal is. You could remove them, clean them up and spray paint them back to their oil rubbed bronze color. Hopefully other Hometalkers have better ideas.

There are products you can buy to resurface engineered stone. You can find tutorials for these products online. You'll probably need to rent a power buffer, as well. It may be better to hire someone than attempt this job yourself, as you run the risk of making it worse if not done properly.

It's possible you stripped the finish off the granite. Definitely stripped the finish off the facet handles. You can paint the faucet handles like Naomie suggests. For the granite try the following. If that doesn't work you may need a pro to polish the granite.

Marble, granite, and stone do NOT like having acidic (ie: citrus-based) cleaners used on them. Citrus or vinegar will actually cause “etching” on granite countertops. Not a good thing. Granite countertops also don’t like it when you use something like Windex on them because it strips the “seal” off of the stone.

If you are trying to remove an old stain, create a dense paste of more baking soda and less water. Then place the paste over the stain, allowing it to function for a few minutes. After that wipe off the baking soda paste. If it is needed you can repeat the procedure until the stain vanishes.

Apparently there are some very nice countertop/granite cleaners out there that do a great job…but $7.00 for a 12-ounce bottle? YOU can do better than that! :-)

After researching several homemade options out there…I discovered they all had the same basic ingredients…just in varying amounts. Some had a LOT of alcohol in them…some very little. I think the following “recipe” has a good balance of the ingredients, based on the information I read.

Homemade Granite Cleaner, 1/4 cup of rubbing alcohol (or cheap vodka), 3 drops of Dawn or other dish soap (Castile soap would also be a good alternative if you prefer), Water, 5-10 drops essential oil (optional – to help mask the alcohol smell).

Put the rubbing alcohol or vodka into a 16 oz spray bottle. Add the dish soap, essential oil and fill up the rest of the bottle with water.

Now give it a few shakes….THEN give it a try! It should give your countertops a nice, clean shine. Works on appliances too! All at a FRACTION of the price of the store-bought stuff.

Hi! William is giving you excellent advice. The only thing I would add is using an inexpensive power toothbrush to work the gunk off. You can usually find them for under five dollars and they are great for scrubbing Consider very carefully masking the counter before repainting the faucet or removing them to refinish them.

Paint the faucets, consult a granite store before you do anything to the granite