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Furniture Restoration Question
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:35 am
Posted on 1/30/14 at 11:35 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 12:31 pm to RollTide MJ
Should have said it was a rear sight on a old black powder rifle, you might have received more answers than this.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 12:33 pm to QuietTiger
Bluing it like a firearm or dying it like a trap are both options also.
I would not spray with enamel. Definitely oil it if not treated.
I would not spray with enamel. Definitely oil it if not treated.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 12:35 pm to RollTide MJ
I have had good luck removing rust using a product called naval jelly. Coating the assembly with clear lacquer is a good idea. I restored a brass and iron bed several years ago and after polishing the brass to a high luster I used spray lacquer in a can which worked well.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 12:40 pm to QuietTiger
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Should have said it was a rear sight on a old black powder rifle, you might have received more answers than this
Posted on 1/30/14 at 12:48 pm to Bleeding purple
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Bluing it like a firearm or dying it like a trap are both options also.
Yeah, that would be pretty cool. Mainly I'm just trying to keep the original look though without the rust.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 12:54 pm to RollTide MJ
I would ask Malcolm Jenkins if I were you.
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