A metal patina is a change in color that takes place with exposure to oils.
Antique trunk with metal sheeting.
Large antique trunk dome round top trunk made of wood metal.
So if you re facing rust on the metal or brass sections of an antique trunk roll up your sleeves and take your time to restore the piece to its original state of splendor.
Give yourself plenty of room to walk around it with ease.
It is cheap readily available and very soft but not to soft.
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We also have trunk lock keys too.
Step 1 set the antique trunk on a drop cloth or old blanket in a well ventilated area.
Sheet aluminum sold by the running foot 10.
If you have determined that the sheet metal on your antique trunk is to far gone to repair then you will need to replace the old damaged tin with new sheet metal.
Decorative pressed metal for covering antique trunks 15.
Removing the old material covering.
After years of use the antique metal may develop a characteristic patina.
Metal brass steel and iron were often used to make the latches corners and edges of a vintage style steamer trunk.
Trunk hinges for your antique trunk.
Several types of sheet metal for steamer trunk fabrication and repair shop trunks trunk parts metal for trunks sheet metals and.
Trunk corners and trunk corner caps for antique trunks.
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Jenny lind steamer trunk dome top trunk barrel top antique vintage trunk.
I prefer to work with aluminum flashing for this type of work.
The metal on an antique trunk is designed to protect the trunks corners.
We have brass trunk corners and brass corner caps as well as nickle plated trunk corners and nickle caps.
Black corner metal for steamer trunk repair or new construction 15 your choice.
19th century painted barrel dome top blanket.
Restoring a vintage steamer trunk.
Metal trunk banding straps and embossed sheet tin trunk nails and tacks trunk screws trunk rivets and screw post paper liners borders and victorian pictorials labels for trunk interiors rollers and bottom studs for trunks slat clamp corner edge clamp for antique trunks slat clamps for antique wood trunk strips straight.
The hardest part of the entire project is in the preparation of the piece.
Replacing sheet metal on a trunk.