Metal Man Restoration provides metal plating and re-plating for Brooklyn brownstones, prewar apartment buildings, converted lofts, and private homes. We restore worn nickel, chrome, brass, copper, and silver finishes on hardware, fixtures, and decorative metal, and we inspect every piece before quoting so you know what is underneath before any work starts.
Brooklyn Plating Work We Take On
- Brownstone and row house hardware such as door knobs, hinges, mail slots, and pocket door pulls
- Lighting components including arms, canopies, and fittings from period and loft fixtures
- Bath and kitchen fixtures in prewar apartments and renovated homes
- Decorative and ornamental metal from lobbies, entries, and interiors
- Antique and heirloom pieces brought in by owners directly
The Plating Finishes We Offer
We plate in nickel, chrome, brass, copper, silver, and pewter. Each has a different look and a different wear characteristic, and the right one usually depends on what the piece originally was and where it sits in the house.
Re-Plating vs. Refinishing
Not everything needs plating. If the original plating is intact and simply dull or tarnished, polishing and re-lacquering costs less and preserves more of the original surface. Re-plating is the answer when the plating has worn through to the base metal. We tell you which one your pieces actually need after inspection rather than defaulting to the bigger job.
Why Brooklyn Owners Send Plating to Metal Man
All of our plating is done in-house at our Mount Vernon shop, so the same people who inspect a piece are the ones who strip, plate, and finish it. The shop’s restoration work includes landmark projects across the region, among them the exterior bronze lighting fixtures and window hardware at Newark City Hall.
Brownstone owners often come to us with a mixed set: some original hardware, some replacements added over the years in a different finish. Plating the set together is how they end up matching again.
Neighborhoods We Serve Across Brooklyn
Brownstone blocks in Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Victorian houses in Ditmas Park and Flatbush, loft buildings in DUMBO and Williamsburg, and apartment buildings across the borough. For copper work specifically, see our copper plating page.
Common Questions About Metal Plating in Brooklyn
These are the questions Brooklyn homeowners and building owners ask before sending pieces in.
What can you re-plate?
Hardware, lighting components, bath and kitchen fixtures, decorative metal, and antique pieces. If it is solid metal and structurally sound, it can usually be re-plated.
Can you match the rest of my brownstone hardware?
Yes. When pieces from one house are done together, we finish them as a group so they read consistently, and we can match a new finish to original pieces you are keeping as they are.
Nickel, chrome, or brass, which is right for hardware?
It usually depends on the period of the house and what the piece originally was. Older homes often had nickel where people now assume brass. We identify the original finish before recommending one.
Is plating done on-site or in your shop?
In the shop. Plating requires tanks, controlled chemistry, and proper handling, so pieces are plated in our Mount Vernon facility and returned finished.
Can you re-plate antique or heirloom pieces?
Yes, and we inspect first. Sometimes the right advice on an antique is to polish rather than re-plate, because stripping the original surface removes part of what makes the piece worth keeping.
For other boroughs, see metal plating in Manhattan and metal plating in the Bronx.
Get Your Brooklyn Metal Re-Plated
To have hardware, fixtures, or decorative metal from your Brooklyn home or building re-plated, fill out the form below or call (914) 662-4218.
Projects Like This
Real projects from our own shop and job sites. Every one of these is work we did ourselves.
Park Slope Brooklyn - Copper Sink Polishing
In October 2026, Metal Man Restoration polished a copper kitchen sink onsite in a home in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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Newark City Hall
In April 2006, Metal Man Restoration was hired to restore the exterior bronze lighting fixtures and window hardware...
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Yankee Stadium Plaques
In April 2008, the New York Yankees and Skanska Construction Corporation hired Metal Man Restoration to restore two...
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Being an interior designer in NYC for the past 10 years we have used metal man for all of our plating, finishing and metal restoration work. They have performed amazing work on light fixtures/door hardware/plumbing fixtures (changing fixtures from brass to either chrome or nickel finishes). We just...
Our Clients
We serve a diverse range of clients, including homeowners, contractors, antique dealers, hardware companies, insurance companies, restoration companies, and collectors.