Care of antique black door furniture – some DIY tips
Antique black door furniture became quite popular lately and it is because of the beauty and elegance the furniture exudes over normal iron window door furniture. However, just like any other antique furniture care, the antique black door furniture too calls for special care because the furniture is vulnerable to problems such as rust and corrosion. The furniture parts, especially hinges, knobs, thumb latch etc., need special attention and care. In the following lines we shall learn some tips that can help keep the furniture good and last longer.
When buying antique black door furniture, make sure that the furniture dealer has dipped the same in liquid paint, gave it black powder coating and gave curing treatment and refinishing.
Following the steps and also good periodical care will ensure to give you high quality end product with protective coat that can resist natural weather forces and/or rust and in the preservation of the antique furniture for many years to come.
Periodical cleaning of the antique black door furniture using soft dry cloth to wipe the dust off the furniture ensures it to remain clean. It is recommended that the process is repeated at least twice a week.
The movable components of antique black door furniture such as t hinge (tee hinge) door knocker, knob, and thumb latch, etc. experience friction due to rubbing action against other components especially while open and close operations. This results in quick damage of the protective coating. Apply some grease into the joints of the antique black door furniture to help ease the movement of components and reduce friction and eventual weathering of preventive coating.
When you notice chipping over the protective coat of the black door furniture, take immediate action and spot paint using enamel-based black paint (satin black to be exact). However, before you paint remove the chips off the furniture, clean the surface and dry it. Also do not use gloss finish which makes the most recently painted surface more obvious and awkward.
If you notice rust over the furniture, give the antique furniture a refinish following these steps:
Remove the rust off the antique door furniture by metal scouring.Apply a coating of naval jelly.
Let it dry for an hour and then clean off the jellied surface with water.
Apply/spray rust converter (polymer based) on to the furniture.
Allow the furniture to completely dry.
Now take paint of your choice and paint the furniture surface with primer.
Antique black door furniture is the expensive piece in your home. It adds a style element to your home and tells others taste you have. Owning it is easy. But maintaining it calls for a little time. If you should do, you will give vintage life to your antique furniture.
The making of antique black door furniture in ironmongery is not very common. They are made to orders and so not every ironmongery UK is trustworthy. The iron window door furniture will become core feature of aesthetic ironmongery. You may want to check the site http://www.suffolklatchcompany.co.uk/ to learn about door ironmongery UK.
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