Spiff Up Your Old Hardware
If you’re like us, you’ve got piles of old hinges and doorknobs in your cellar that are layered in old (probably lead) paint. Last week, Reclaimed Home gave a great primer (no pun intended) on how to clean up these antique pieces yourself. Check it out on the link.
If you’re like us, you’ve got piles of old hinges and doorknobs in your cellar that are layered in old (probably lead) paint. Last week, Reclaimed Home gave a great primer (no pun intended) on how to clean up these antique pieces yourself. Check it out on the link.
Thanks, everyone. Brenda makes a good point about the dental picks. I should add that this was done without my stripping tools as I left them all in the other house. Once it was soft enough, I scrubbed with steel wool and a soft wire brush. Maybe a bit of fingernail as well.
Only additional thing needed: A nice set of dental picks. I inherited my father’s set. No, he was not a dentist, he just loved to spackle and strip paint. Hereditary insanity.
Very cool, rh! You inspire me!
That is awesome!! Love he pix of them on top of white marble. Nice work.
I have to say that I am really impressed at the final result… Now I just need a brownstone to use it on!
I read this last weekon the RH website and tried boiling yesterday on the shade of an old goose-neck lamp I bought at a stoop sale–it really worked.
Those look great. Can’t believe someone would paint over them in the first place.
Brownstone soup, a sure sign of tough times.
Hey, those are my lovely hinges! Thanks for the shout out!