Clock Restoration
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 Leroy French Carriage Clock  US $316.99
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 Vintage Art Deco Cyma Amic Sonomatic Alarm Clock 15 Jewels AS IS NR US $15.50
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 Fine Schatz German Anniversary Clock Floral Face with Dome US $25.00
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 3 VINTAGE ELECTRIC WALL CLOCK CLOCKS WESTCLOX SESSIONS ONE WORKING RESTORE US $7.99
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 Large Antique Hubert Herr Cuckooparts only US $40.00
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 ANSONIA AMAZON MODEL CHROME TIME STRIKE ALARM CLOCK US $49.99
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 VINTAGE CUCKOO CLOCK BIRDS CLIPS HANDS NUTS PARTS US $10.45
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 13 VINTAGE CUCKOO CLOCK FACE DIAL PARTS LOT US $9.95
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 13 VINTAGE CUCKOO CLOCK BIRD DOOR PARTS US $10.95
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 8 VINTAGE CUCKOO CLOCK BEROW BELLOWS PARTS US $15.17
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 VINTAGE REGULA GERMAN CUCKOO CLOCK MOVEMENT PART US $12.52
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 VINTAGE GERMAN CUCKOO CLOCK MOVEMENT PART US $9.95
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 10 VINTAGE CUCKOO CLOCK SIDE PANEL DOOR PARTS US $9.95
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 19th Century Black Forest Cuckoo Clock Great Carving Parts or Restore NR US $52.99
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 Antique 1870 Jerome Company Clock Mantel Alarm US $31.00
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 Seth Thomas Country School House Octagonal Wall Clock US $12.99 |
 SCHATZ GERMAN ANNIVERSARY CLOCK W GLASS DOME US $49.00
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 6 ASSORTED CLOCK HANDS PARTS NO RESERVE US $5.04
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 5 ASSORTED CLOCK HANDS PARTS NO RESERVE US $2.99
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 LOT OF 13 PENDULUM RODS PARTS NO RESERVE US $2.99
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 Antique Vintage Cookoo Clock German 150 Restoration or Parts US $9.99
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 Vintage Antique Westclox Alarm Shelf Wind Up Clock EARLY Collectible LOOK NR US $11.75
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 Vintage NEW HAVEN shelf Mantle clock 8 day with Key parts repair restore US $19.99
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 8 Day Bentima England Oak Case Shelf Clock US $59.00
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 Old Cuckoo Clock NR US $24.95
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 Vintage POPPO TEZUKA CLOCK CO Cuckoo Clock for Restoration US $9.99
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 Vintage Antique Keebler Clock Co Clock Philadelphia PA Parts Restoration US $9.99
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 Antique 7 French Brass Glass Carriage Clock with Repeater Gong Strike Chime US $77.00
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 Seth Thomas 21 Tambour Wood Mantel Clock Housing US $14.95
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 ANTIQUE MARCUS STERLING SILVER CASE 8 DAYS AUTOMOBILE CLOCK SWISS US $259.99
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 Injured Vintage Kieninger Obergfell KUNDO 400 Day German Anniversary Clock US $10.49
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 ANTIQUE SCOTTISH DRUMHEAD MAHOGANY LONGCASE GRANDFATHER CLOCK JA MUIR FALKIRK US $8,699.00
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 LARGE AND HEAVY ANTIQUE ART DECO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK WITH PAIR OF GARNITURES US $1,410.00
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 Six Inch Custom Crafted Oak Clock Medallion US $35.00
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 CLOCK SPIRAL CHIME BAR GONG PARTS NO RESERVE US $3.99
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 METAL PAN DIAL CLOCK PARTS NO RESERVE US $3.99
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 SET OF CLOCK HANDS PARTS NO RESERVE US $2.99
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 2 CUCKOO COO CLOCK FRONT DECORATION PARTS NO RESERVE US $3.99
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 CUCKOO COO COO CLOCK TOP CREST PARTS NO RESERVE US $3.99
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 VINTAGE 1930 ENGLISH ART DECO WESTMINSTER MANTEL CLOCK BY JOLISSON WALNUT US $370.00
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 LOT Antique Vintage Shelf Alarm Clocks 1885 Never Stop Parts EARLY LOOK NR US $7.50
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 rare antique ansonia clock movement for cherib or brass mantel US $19.00
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 Vintage Mantel Clock Ginger Kitchen Clock US $69.99
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 LARGE ANTIQUE SCOTTISH LONGCASE GRANDFATHER CLOCK JOHN MCRAE INVERNESS 1837 US $8,099.00
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 French marble clock movement works Chs W KENNARD Co Boston time only US $25.00
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 ★VINTAGE TELECHRON 4505 4F05 WOOD MANTLE CLOCK ART DECO NOUVEAU WORKS★MAHOGANY★ US $29.99
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 French marble clock movement works R O trademark 744 52 stamped into back plate US $15.00
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 1950s SETH THOMAS CLOCK HOMESTEAD 2W model no E020 006 6903 WIND UP CLOCK US $19.99
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 VTG 1940 Lux Chrome Windup Good Luck Horseshoe Novelty Alarm Clock US $35.99
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 SETH THOMAS INLAID CABINET CHIME NO 61 1921 ANTIQUE WESTMINSTER CHIMES CLOCK US $310.00
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 Stupendous antique EN Welch gingerbread kitchen Mantle Clock US $85.00
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 Hammond Synchronous clock 1930s onyx black marble US $9.95
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 VTG Mid Century Eames Era 1947 MasterCrafters Estate Electric Mantle Clock US $39.99
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 SETH THOMAS PROSPECT 17 1917 ANTIQUE GOTHIC ARCH FINE INLAID CABINET CLOCK US $132.50
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 SETH THOMAS VERY RARE TAMBOUR 1904 ANTIQUE FINE TIME STRIKE CABINET CLOCK US $310.00
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 Vintage Kundo Electronic KieningerObersfell Made in Western Germany No battery US $20.49
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 Vintage German Wind Up Westclox Flower Power Clamshell Retro Travel Alarm Clock US $9.99
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 Large Antique Cuckoo Clock for repair or restoration No reserve US $227.50
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 VTG Germany Heco Anniversary Clock with Key Henry Coehler Co For Parts or Repair US $12.50
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 Antique Vintage Cuckoo Clock REGULA ALBERT SCWAB KARLSRUH West Germany US $9.99
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 1900s New Haven Metal Cherub Small Mantel Shelf Clock w Porcelain Dial Restore US $24.99
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 VINTAGE WESTCLOX BIG BEN ART DECO ALARM CLOCK MUST SEE US $9.99
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 Pristine Late 1970s Jaeger LeCoultre 528 8 ATMOS Mantel Clock Working US $865.00
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 Art Deco Brass Sessions Mantle Clock with Cut Glass Columns made in USA bronze US $9.99
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 ANTIQUE FRENCH ART DECO MANTEL CLOCK GARNITURE SET 3 PIECES YELLOW MARBLE US $930.00
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 VINTAGE 1950 DUTCH ZAANDAM ZAANSE PENDULUM WALL CLOCK FROM HOLLAND ATLAS FIGURE US $399.00
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 Rare Antique Jerome New Haven CT Beehive Mantle Clock Works US $99.99
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 Tall Mid Century Modern Wall Clock So Unique US $9.99
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 1920 Waltham 8 Day Clock From Hudson Super Six WORKING GOOD CONDITION US $60.00
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 1885 Antique E Ingraham WIZARD Mantle Clock or Shelf Clock Restoration Project US $31.00
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 Antique 1885 JEROME MARINE WALL CLOCK Parts Or Restore WOOD CASE BRASS MVMT US $69.99
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 Two Antique Clock Cases for PARTS US $24.95
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 Antique Steeple Style Clock CasePARTS or Restoration US $14.95
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 ANTIQUE ENGLISH MOONROLLER GRANDFATHER CLOCK JAMES GREEN LIVERPOOL SAILING SHIPS US $9,130.00
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 Vtg Brass Kieninger Obergfell Anniversary Mantel Dome Clock Welby West Germany US $49.95
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 Vintage Old TELECHRON TRAVLER MODEL 5182 WOOD CLOCK RADIO NEEDS RESTORATION US $9.99
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 ANTIQUE 1920S DARK WOOD CLAWFOOT MANTLE SHELF CLOCK NEEDS TLC GREAT FOR PARTSNR US $20.50
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 Vintage Sheffield Alarm Clock Salvest Clock West Germany Brass Antique NR US $1.00
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 1850s French Portico Skeleton Turret Clock Rare Rare Restoration Project US $2,999.00
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 GILBERT PARLOR CLOCK PENDULUM OLD BRASS KEYSee My Other Gilbert Auctions US $10.99
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Surface Restoration To Antique Metalwork
As antique furniture restorers, we often tend to think of ourselves simply as specialist craftsman in wood and forget that we frequently need to be involved with the surface restoration of the metal items which will invariably form an essential part of the whole piece which has been entrusted to our care.
Restoration to some antique metalwork, often badly damaged and with parts missing or completed corroded by rust, will require specialised metalworking skills beyond the scope of this paper, which is concerned with various aspects of restoration to the surface finish. In the hope that it will be of interest to readers, I should like to share my thoughts and experience of some of the traditional methods of rust removal and simple chemical colour enhancement, to simulate age or blend an area of over abraded or new metal with the existing colour or patination adjacent.
Let us consider the basic requirements for the removal of surface rust, without deep erosion, from antique surfaces. Firstly, it is fundamental that the oxide be removed without affecting any integral brass or bronze work. Secondly, any precipitate formed by the chemical action of the derusting agent must be easily and completely removable without causing abrasion damage to the item. Thirdly, the existing patination, if any, should be affected as little as possible with little discernable colour change taking place. Fourthly, further oxidation should at least be inhibited, positive protection is not a practical possibility if the visual aspect of the item is to be considered. No protective precipitates are either invisible or truly metallic in appearance.
The metalwork to be restored is likely to fall into one of three main categories:
- Various hinges, handles and knobs, escutcheons, lock plates and facings. All to be found incorporating or partly formed in brass or bronze and often engraved or surface etched.
- Engraved and inlaid plates and mechanisms mounted on antique gun and pistol stocks. Also hilts of edged weapons and parts of their scabbards, again often inlaid with brass.
- The many and varied parts of antique clock mechanisms and some early engraved clock dials and other parts.
Commercially available derusting fluids differ in their chemical approach to the problem. There are those containing dilute phosphoric and hydrochloric acids, which dissolve the ferrous oxide chemically, leaving a matt-grey precipitate and those containing styrene-acrylate, co-polymers, which stabilize the oxide forming it into a blue grey precipitate of appreciable thickness.
For the average user wishing to derust general hardware or car parts, the derusting fluids offer an efficient solution to a rust problem. But in my opinion, they are quite useless for treating antique metalwork and can cause irrevocable harm to the surface in many cases. The chemical action produces well bonded precipitates, only removable by quite heavy surface abrasion, an undesirable, lengthy and difficult task should the item be small or of a delicate nature. Yet this will be necessary whenever a metallic finish is required. In the unlikely event of the precipitate removal being successful, the item will then have to be burnished and chemically treated to produce a suitable antique finish. Unfortunately these derusting agents will etch and corrode brass and bronze unless the contact time is brief, thus making their use on multi media items open to serious doubt.
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