A little work project: Cast Iron Lamp deconstruction (part 2)

in #art7 years ago (edited)

The before and after shots of my work.


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Continuing on from my last post, A little work project: Cast Iron Lamp deconstruction (part1), I needed continue the deconstruction.

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I needed to use a wire brush a lot of elbow greece to get most of the tarnish off.

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Now they need to dry.

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I'll need to disassemble these and clean them as well.

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Now it's time for the gold paint before adding in the gold foil.

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Painted and ready for the gold foil.

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First you'll need to add the adhesive with a fine horse hair brush. Applying it evenly until transparent.

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Then comes the gold foil.

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Then the application.

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Then a different horse hair brush to push the gold foil into all the nooks and crannies.

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Now that's all done. lets move onto the assembly of the light bells.

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We added in these little beauties to add to go towards the desired look of the client.

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Here's some great results. =-D

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Now it's time to assemble all these parts.

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This is the bottem of the cast iron lamp where the rod is inserted to hold the whole project together.

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The gold wire, needed to connect the bells to the main frame of the project, was a tedious task. It took longer than needed to fish this wire through without affecting the new paint job.

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Here are some results without the main toppers.

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Here is the end result with the topper.

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Here's the finished product as a table center piece.

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The Royal caps on the chairs were a borrow from a movie studio. The clients loved wearing those. :)

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Thank you for your time and interests. I hope to share more of my projects with this community. =~D