Posted 13 years ago
nannah
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this a before and after of the trunk i just restored
the patent date on the hardware is oct 23 1877
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Posted 13 years ago
nannah
(37 items)
this a before and after of the trunk i just restored
the patent date on the hardware is oct 23 1877
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Wow that looks great. It has been years since I have restored one.
Thanks for sharing.
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thanks so much i love doing the restoration only trouble is i cant keep them all
Reminds me of Dragon Scales!
Nannah : the 1900 Sears catalog has over 40 trunks listed with drawings,description and prices.The original catalog is hard to come by but there are several reprodutions that are good .Also seen a dvd of the 1900 catalog on eBay.
Your trunk looks good,you done a fine job.
thank you very much . i have a couple of repo sears catalogs ill have to see if i have one with this trunk in it
thanks i never thought of looking in the sears catalogs
NICE work!! How do you initially clean the steel to make it look new?
i use a wire wheel attachment on a drill first coarse to get the bulk of the rust then medium and fine to polish then polyurethane to keep it from rusting again
Great restoration. Do I understand you correctly that the silver parts are polished metal with just a clear coat, and not painted? Or is it polyurethane silver paint?
yes but the hardware is painted with a silver paint
Just beautiful!! I have one similar to it that has been waiting on me to do something with it since I bought it. Seeing this got me motivated. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
I love restoring old trunks and this one is fantastic .I would like to know what brand of silver paint you used. I always use rustolium on the metal and lacuer on the wood