P1853 Nonaggressive Cleaning - About 80% Finished

[Michigan Badger]

This will probably be one of my last posts here.

As promised I'll show you some of the final pictures of my cleaned 1853.

Thanks to Vernon for the info on where to buy and all who helped.

MB

I'm a lover of original patina. Most people look at my old coins I've dug and say "Why don't you shine them up?"

I decided to stay with my nonaggresive way of restoration with the P1853.

I need to do a little cleaning in tight areas yet but mostly the stock and brass are done. Yup, I'm going to leave the brass aged toned.

The strap needs a little cleaning and preserving yet.

I got the original butt plate and it will only have the grease removed but all original patina will remain.

I did this slowly with rubbing compound under bright light carefully removing layers of fat until I reached the original walnut strained wood.

I've decided to dry the gun out and seal the stock with Tung oil this winter.

Thanks for lookin

 

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that shows the very basics of veneer repair. I'm doing a table here but the same principle applies to radios.

The video is rather poor in quality but I was in a hurry when I did it for the guys on "The Antique Radio Forum."

Here's the link and read the comments made about this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7tt5Lgye0k

 

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