Brass Bed after restoration
This brass bed was very tarnished in places with a couple of finials missing and the iron frame was 2 colours. All the brass was striped from the frame it was polished and lacquered, the iron frame was painted black and new finials made.
This painted cast iron hanging oil lamp came in with the 3 support brackets around the oil bowl broken, they where brazed back together and the paint blended to match. We then made a lamp fitting and wired.
This week as seen me finish this copper lantern that came in covered in old paint and with some frosted glass fitted. The old finish was removed, a new lamp holder was made and wired, it was re-glazed with clear glass.
This is 9 wrought iron chandeliers,I had to do some repairs before they where repainted and re-wired.
This garden bench came in for a bit of tlc, it was shot blasted to remove the old finish and sprayed dark green
This is the first of many weekly blogs of what is happening in the workshop, its to give a little insight of the repairs and restoration which are being undertaken in the workshop.
wrought iron chandelier
This week as seen the start of restoring and the re-wiring of 9 wrought iron chandeliers.
Last week saw the restoration of copper Victorian lantern, one of the sides had come detached and was bent, while the base of the lantern was a mangled mess. All the sides where removed and the steel rods running through the copper were un-soldered and replaced has they were very rusty and broken. The whole lot was soldered back together, new tags to retain glass and a handle for the door was also made.
