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My Grandmothers Trunk after I cleaned it and re-did the wood.

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    Posted 11 years ago

    jessiedell
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    This is my Grandmothers trunk after I cleaned and worked on it. I cleaned the rust off but not the patin on the metal parts. I did sand and refinish the wood parts.

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    1. trunkman trunkman, 11 years ago
      Nice work -- looks really great! Can you post a before picture next to it?
    2. jessiedell jessiedell, 11 years ago
      I'll try
    3. jessiedell jessiedell, 11 years ago
      Here is the before and after trunkman or should I say the after and then the before.
    4. jessiedell jessiedell, 11 years ago
      I used your advice of gun oil on the metal. I think it worked very well.

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