Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Comment Name Email Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I wanted to shar. I live in the city, but when I come home in the fa.
What do you call a dad joke about skeletons? Going to stay home and charge my crystals tonight. Roses are red, pumpkins are orange…. I left the trunk in my storage unit for a couple of months with the lid open before bringing in to the shop.
This helped but certainly did not do the job completely. My next step is to spray the vintage steamer trunk with OdoBan. The inside of the wooden chest is lightly sprayed with OdoBan. Do not drench the wood. This is done multiple times over the course of a few days, making sure to let the spray dry completely before spraying again. You can find OboBan here. The vintage steamer trunk is covered in many of the original labels. Most are brittle and falling off. The goal is to safely preserve as many of these old labels as possible.
Grab your Mod Podge and a small paintbrush. Very gently apply the Mod Podge underneath the loose labels. Next, press the label down and apply more Mod Podge over the labels.
Now that the small obstacles are out of the way we can focus on the important part, the steamer trunk restoration. My good friend Thea has been raving about her Wise Owl Lemon Verbena and how great it smells and works. Since this is a furniture salve product I do not want to use the same brush that I would use with my paint. So make sure to use a brush dedicated just to this type of application. Im using a wax type brush. You can find this kind of brush here.
Using your dedicated brush apply the lemon verbena to the entire vintage trunk. Work the furniture salve into the wood as well as gently applying over the labels. The Wise Owl lemon verbena conditions, seals and protects the wood. But unlike wax, it does not harden leaving a softer and heavenly smelling result. This furniture salve is m ade with hemp seed oil, natural waxes, cold pressed lavender essential oil and lemon verbena oils. I was wondering what you used?
I love the way your finished trunk looks and am now thinking of stripping the canvas and doing it from the ground up so thanks for that :. Believe it or not, the material they most often use on the edges is a cardboard material.
Of the dozen or so trunks I've been asked to do for people, I haven't seen one that was actually leather, tho refurbing as such would seriously improve the quality and look of the trunk. I have an ible for beeswax polish that you should look up since I'm not a fan of commercial products.
It 's cheap and easy to make and, if you mess with the ratios of wax to oils, you can control the thickness of it which will translate into a glossier to more matte finish.
Question 3 years ago on Step 7. Hey there! My old trunk has a lot of old cracked or missing leather trim. Where do I purchase the new leather pieces? Check with your local Tandy. You won't find the pieces cut out for you, except for the straps and some of the hardware, but you can acquire the leather to cut them yourself, plus the stain and finisher.
If you're lucky, you can recover some of the old pieces and use them as a template for the new ones, like I did, and if not, have fun designing them yourself. Beautiful trunk!
This has inspired me to do some heavy duty work on it, namely stripping several layers of paint off. I have a question about where the straps are attached to the back. The straps and strap tabs were missing when this came in my possession. Judging by the nail holes in the back, it appears the straps that come over the top of the trunk were attached several inches below the lid. Is this where yours are attached? If so, is there a metal clamp that holds the end in place or was it a leather tab?
My original thought, until I saw where the hole placements are, was the strap was attached underneath. Introduction: Restoring a Vintage Steamer Trunk. By antagonizer Tom Follow. More by the author:. About: I'm the kind of person who's mind doesn't stop. Literally, I take medication to fix that just so I can sleep at night.
I have an unhealthy obsession with making things and believe, firmly, in sharing what I le… More About antagonizer ». Did you make this project? Share it with us! I Made It! MrsDeniseph 1 year ago on Step 4. Reply Upvote. Lin-in-PA 1 year ago. MatthewY31 2 years ago. AnneS Question 2 years ago. Answer Upvote. JackieB 2 years ago. I just got a trunk and I want to recover with canvas.
How do I go about doing this? ChuckH59 Question 3 years ago. CindyR Question 3 years ago. CindyR CindyR Answer 3 years ago. It's my first attempt at giving new life to these trunks. That way, if I messed up, I knew I couldn't make it worse than the condition I purchased it. The tray I built new because, although included, the original didn't seem repairable. Because the canvas was pretty much intact, I chose to strip the old blue and brown paint and repaint it with a couple coats of white.
The leather, lock, hinges, feet, and clinch nails all came courtesy of your site. All in all, I spent about hours on it with time dedicated here and there since last October.
I'm looking forward to getting better at this with each "new" trunk I can find around town. This one definitely had a lot of lessons learned. Angelo Arcoleo is Open for Business! Fine work that has been performed by someone who obviously takes great care to do impressive work. Angelo is thinking about selling some of his masterpieces, so you may want to drop him an e-mail if you're in the market for a trunk!
I started with bare bones and created a pirate chest almost copper nails. This is my first attempt at a chest and I will be a faithful customer for years to come. I obeyed the rules No screws!. Here's another from John Cunningham: Gentlemen: Here are a couple of pictures of my trunk. I did use a wire brush on a drill for a couple of hours. This trunk was in very bad shape and I did the best that I could to restore it. Thanks for your help and the parts. Well, I am sending one for you now hopefully, it will go through.
We would like your opinion on the finished product. Will be calling soon with order. The parts I ordered were also top notch, especially the leather. My wife is definitely thankful as the trunk belonged to her long dead Uncle. I thought you might like to see before and after photos of an amateur attempt. Jerry runs Boonsboro Trunks in Boonsboro, Maryland.
Exellent work, in our opinion! Contact Jerry by e-mail here. Churchill, These are some pictures of the trunk I restored for my Grand Daughter. I bought all the parts to restore it from you. The Grand Daughter was brought to tears with joy, she really loved it; was a moment for me to cherish for the rest of my life. Lots of scrubbing and finished in tung oil. All new leather from BrettunsVillage.
I just wanted to say thank you for all the help you've given me over the past six months either through your website or in e-mails. I've really appreciated it and it definitely helped. Here are a few pictures of my finished trunk, Tung Oil finish and all! I am sending along before and after photos of my trunk.
Genealogy research shows it likely came from Minnnesota to Oklahoma, then to Kansas between and My great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother all stored family photographs in it. I guess I may as well carry on the tradition now that it looks a little better.
I spray painted the embossed tin base coat then repainted the flowers by hand with an artist's brush.
I decided to let the bright brass develop it's own patina with time rather than paint it. Here are three of her trunks, in their original form on the left, refinished on the right. Nice work, Sally! Here's her note: It was hard work but, I enjoyed doing it. The end results were well worth it. The pink trunk belonged to my grandmother and had a date of on it. My mother had "antiqued" it 2 times.
The first time, it was red! It had about 4 different coats of paint on it. Who knew it would turn out to be so pretty underneath all that ugly paint. The lock on it is beautiful. I did it for my mother who is 83 and I told her when I gave it to her that I wanted to be sure I got it back one day! Thanks again for you wonderful web site.
I learned everything from ya'll I couldn't have done it without you and your great guidance. Also, great parts department too! Specializing in the lost art of steam bending wood to create beautiful hand crafted trunks and wood chests. A true family heirloom. A unique work of art, no two alike. Emphasis is put on fine craftsmanship and quality construction. We personally design and construct everything from the beginning jigs to finalizing with finishing the interiors.
Hi Churchill: As promised, here is the trunk I just refinished. This is my first try. Thank you for all the trunk parts. Here is my 2nd trunk. It was in a friend's basement went she bought her home over forty years ago. The old trunk had a metal exterior. Thank you for your trunk supplies.
I had to replace a board in the top and I also replaced all the slats and connectors, found a working key and lined the entire inside. I used brown shoe polish to stain the new slats. It reeked of mold before I started. Now I have four more to do, to give to my granddaughters.
On the Right: My latest project. It took lots of time to paint the embossed metal, but well worth it. It is the original color, as I discovered when removing the old handles. Built a new tray and lined it all with cedar. Hopefully the oldest grandaughter will have it for many years.
Thanks for the the help and parts. From Larry Gattis: I have enclosed before and after pictures of my first trunk project. Thanks for the excellent service and all the help. You have been wonderful to deal with. The grandmother of the bride was happy and I hope the bride will be also. Larry Gattis From Rodney Herring: Thanks for having everything I needed to finish these and also for your great prices and advice At long last the project is done.
It took six weeks and more forearm strength than I thought I had. As you can see, all the metal was cleaned and shined. The disgusting vulcanite covering was shaved off and then the paper underneath was attacked with all manner of tools. The oak slats were custom cut by yours truly and then added to the sides and top.
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