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Furniture Restoration Queston
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:22 am
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:22 am
I am restoring an antique office chair for my wife now that hunting season is over for me. I've tracked down the chair manufacturer and it seems as though they went out of business in 1913 so it will be hard to track down the caster wheels on the bottom of the chair.
However, I am currently working on the spring mechanism between the chair bottom and the base assembly. After a 3 day soak in white vinegar and then further cleaning with my dremel, here is where I'm at.
I want to get this cleaned up a lot more and am considering another soaking in a fresh batch of vinegar to get remaining rust off. When I get it to where I am happy with it I want to spray a layer or two of clear coat on it to protect it from rusting again.
Anyone on here do any restoration and if so, would you recommend clear coating it or just cleaning and then greasing the moving parts and leaving it?
However, I am currently working on the spring mechanism between the chair bottom and the base assembly. After a 3 day soak in white vinegar and then further cleaning with my dremel, here is where I'm at.
I want to get this cleaned up a lot more and am considering another soaking in a fresh batch of vinegar to get remaining rust off. When I get it to where I am happy with it I want to spray a layer or two of clear coat on it to protect it from rusting again.
Anyone on here do any restoration and if so, would you recommend clear coating it or just cleaning and then greasing the moving parts and leaving it?
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Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:23 am to RollTide MJ
grease
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:25 am to djangochained
That's what I'm thinking because I think I would run the risk of seizing it up or making it tougher to work the spring knob and adjust the height of the chair with clear coat on it. This is the first chair I've done so I'm not up to speed on what is the norm.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:26 am to RollTide MJ
Man, that would be perfect for an electrolysis bath. Wish you were closer and I'd hook you up. Is it carbon steel? What is that base metal?
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:26 am to RollTide MJ
Lithium grease and you should be good.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:29 am to RollTide MJ
Post this to the OB. I'm sure they'll tell you to use the stuff they clean and lubricate guns with.
Seems like it would work.
Seems like it would work.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:30 am to htownjeep
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Man, that would be perfect for an electrolysis bath. Wish you were closer and I'd hook you up. Is it carbon steel? What is that base metal?
I honestly have no idea. I'm thinking it's steel. Whether it's forged or cast I'm not sure. I know it's definitely heavier than it looks though.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:31 am to ruzil
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Post this to the OB. I'm sure they'll tell you to use the stuff they clean and lubricate guns with.
Seems like it would work.
I could use some of my gun cleaing stuff because it's good at taking small amounts of rust off but I'm sure it would need to soak on this. It had a pretty thick layer of rust on it to begin with.
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