LIEING SMILE
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Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 06:39:49 PM
My grandpa was a barber and we still have one of the chairs from his shop.
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It is a 1912 Presidential barber chair with nickle plating (before
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chrome). The porcelain and leather are all in great shape. The Nickle trim
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is pitted with rust and turning green in some places. Also the brass tacks
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securing the leather are tarnished almost black. What would be the easiest
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and cheapest way to restore the shine on this chair? I am looking for a
solution somewhere between re-plating it with nickle again and using
Mexican Chrome (silver spray paint).
BTW: I am placing this in auto
because of the similarity of restoring nickle plating and upholstery. />
Mugums
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Thursday, 12th of August 2010 08:15:44 PM
Remove the Nickle parts and send them to a reputable plating
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company, This chair is to valuable to ruin with spray paint!!! Proper
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restoration of this chair could make it worth $3000 to $7500 dollars.
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Trip
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Friday, 13th of August 2010 12:05:19 AM
You're really not going to be able to make it look worth a hoot
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without either paint or re-plating. If you paint you will need to steel
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wool or sand the rust away first or treat it some Ospho to kill any rust
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you can not get off. O'Reillys auto parts carries Ospho. Any good plating
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shop can re-plate it and they generally aren't that expensive. You can
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find plating shops in the yellow pages.