Original metal safe
My brownstone has a metal safe that is original to the house. It is on wheels and I will have it built into new cabinets.It was built into a closet that was not original to the house.It is a cool looking old safe, but the finish needs cleaning. I tried googling “cleaning antique metal safe”…
My brownstone has a metal safe that is original to the house. It is on wheels and I will have it built into new cabinets.It was built into a closet that was not original to the house.It is a cool looking old safe, but the finish needs cleaning. I tried googling “cleaning antique metal safe” and similar, but no luck. It doesn’t seem painted, but surface is sort of pitted. I don’t know what category to put this in, on forum, sorry. Any suggestions how to have this cleaned or even find info re: old safes?
google “cleaning antique metal” instead.
‘safe’ is the the limiting word there. it doesnt really matter what the object is, in this situation anyway.
Well, since no experts answered you… I’d probably use fine steel wool and a standard cleaning compound to clean up the steel. Then I’d wipe with a paste wax and buff…