Antique safe restoration

How to restore an antique safe? The first step to cleaning. Be sure to wear rubber or latex gloves while you work and cover the floor or work in the garage or outside. The best way to go about this is to use an old rough rag and thoroughly scrub the safe with the degreasing agent. We can do anything!

But we only take on detailed restoration projects for safes with some VERY special character, and even those on a case by case basis. There aren’t many antique safe restoration specialists, and even fewer at Espich’s level of expertise. His reputation spawns some unique visits, including one from a man who drove hours from Maine unannounced with safe in tow. I asked if he found me online.

He said no, that some guy he knew in Fort Wayne heard about me,” Espich says. There’s a lot of history involved safe restoration , so we’ll preserve every detail of your antique safe. Even if your safe is a lesser-known bran we’ll work just as hard to make it look amazing. Find Restoration Company. These secure metal boxes for keeping your precious items evoke a feeling of treasure hunts based on weathered maps.

You are probably not hunting for treasure, but an antique safe can become your precious possession. The lettering is hand painted or suface gilded gold leaf. An antique safe can be restore using the proper methods. The cosmetic appearance of an antique safe might include scratch marks, rust, or indented sections that will need to be popped out.

Sometimes an antique safe was coated in. Once the safe is clean and dry you can start to sand off the original paint if you want a super shiny smooth finish. Sand all components with a belt sander being careful of sparks. If you are ok with an antique finish you can skip this step. This mean it took me a long time.

Havent found anything like it so far! A rare hunk of metal! Found this safe in a shed of a property I bought. Antique Repair Restoration in Wilmington on YP.

Double Door Victor Safe FULLY FUNCTIONAL RESTORATION DELIVERY AVAILABLE. Ending Jun at 1:36PM PDT 6d 22h. Precision Lock and Safe. Disassembly Careful disassembly of the unit is required so a throughout cleaning may occur.

During our years in business Safeworks has accumulated a large inventory of safe related Items. From safes and vaults to equipment, including grill gates, combination locks and time locks. Many antique safe locks can be manipulated open. That is opened without drilling the safe door or body. The handle shaft (arbor) is what attaches to the safe handle and allows the locking bolts of the safe to be retracted.

Since no replacements parts were available for the particular safe (company no longer in business), we machined a new shaft (arbor) (below) to replace the old worn out one. Motorcycle and Scooter Keys. Do you have a beautiful old lock, original to your house that.

Everyday Savings: Off Orders $100-$299. Choose from Vintage styled restoration hardware and supplies for any home decor project. Keith does nice work ! Interesting restoration. The guy I bought it from wrote down the combination on a piece of paper.

I have an old safe I bought to store my coin collection in.