Jon's Hobby Collections

In my old post, I blog about restoring my vintage charcoal iron and now here it is. You can find the post in this link  https://jonhobbycollection.blogspot.com/2019/09/charcoal-iron-restoration.html . Now, everything looks as good as new. But there are still some parts which I cannot polish them due to pitting of the brass and the presence of some impurities inside this brass material. The brass material do contains a very small quantity of impurities such as iron that causes the brass to be dented and causing some small holes. Below are some photos taken during the restoration process. The first picture shows that I went into a workshop to get rid away of the rusted iron bar which is sitting on the back of the body of the charcoal iron which act as a hinge for the opening and closing of the iron. I manage to find a copper rode which can fit into the hole nicely and this can act as a new hinge. At the workshop also, I manage to find a copper metal hook which can also be...

Restoration is part of a job of every antique collector. Infact, this is my first restoration project which I decided to do after getting advice from my fellow collectors on how to restore this antique iron. This iron wasn't kept well as you can see in the picture below, there were a lot of damages. This iron is also pitted, which means that it is not made from 100% brass and there is a small presence of other impurities present in the brass mixture. There is also some green colour staining around the iron. The wooden handle of the iron is also broken. The damaged was due to the water vapor from the hot charcoal which condense on the wood, and caused the wood to slowly break apart. The hook of the iron is also missing. The iron rod in the iron is also heavily rusted and broken in the inside. As for now, I bought a can of Brasso, a tube of Autosol and 120 sandpaper. My plan is first to polish up the iron and also to make it shinny again. Next is to fix the wood usi...