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Antique Fans

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:48:09 +0000

FANS
All kinds of materials were used to make the hand fans so popular with our grandmothers, and many of them are very pretty things, well worth repairing.
Fans were made of ostrich feathers set in ivory …

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Antique Medals and Coins. Collecting, Cleaning, Restoration.

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:23:21 +0000

COINS AND MEDALS
Coins should not be cleaned unless it is absolutely necessary. They loose a lot of value through faulty cleaning, and it is just as important to know when to clean as to know …

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China and Glass Collecting and Restoration

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:16:49 +0000

Metalwork in China Restoration
Now for the techniques involving metalwork and drilling. There are three main types of drill, the hand drill or Bob drill; the hand twist drill, or the power drill.
Bob Drill. The Bob …

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Antique Clocks Restoration.

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:11:17 +0000

CLOCKS
I once knew a cottage kitchen which boasted seven clocks. They all worked, and they all kept fairly good time, but they were not synchronised and four of them chimed. Twelve noon was a time …

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China and Glass Restoration (2)

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:44:15 +0000

Let the repaired piece cool down completely and then soak it in water to remove the gummed strips. There will be some spots of adhesive along the join squeezed out when the jour was made …

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China and Glass Restoration (1)

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:42:50 +0000

CHINA AND GLASS
China restoration is always delicate work, requiring care, accuracy and knowledge of technique. How much knowledge depends entirely on how ambitious you arc. Most people, if they Fail in simple efforts to stick …

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Restoring Old Books, Bird Cages, Bone and Ivory.

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:21:38 +0000

BEDROOM CHINA
There is still quite a lot of this about and it’s quite pretty. The most obvious use for old chamber pots, slop pails, washbasins, foot baths, ewers, etc. is for flowers, or to hold …

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Antique Bamboo Furniture.

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:14:04 +0000

BAMBOO FURNITURE
Bamboo furniture (hall stands, tables etc.) is rather rickety, and repairing it is rather a matter of careful gglucing and dowelling. When a piece of bamboo has been badly broken it will probably be …

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Collecting and Restoring Arms and Armour: Guns, Pistols, Swords.

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:02:41 +0000

ARMS AND ARMOUR
Guns and Pistols
Old firearms arc popular collector’s items, and no olde oake beame type of pub or cafe worth its salt feels fully decorated without weapons on its walls, so good ones are …

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Restoration Tips. Using Abrasives in Restoring Process.

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:50:40 +0000

ABRASIVES
In order to remove rust, tarnish or corrosion from metal of all kinds, when soap and water, oil paraffin mixture, rust removers, metal polishes, etc. have failed or are unsuitable, abrasives are used. In order …

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