Restoring an Antique French Travel Chest (c.1900, Paris)
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- I was tasked with restoring a rail / steamer trunk dating to around 1900. It was rusty, dirty, mouldy worm ridden. I generally polished, de-rusted, sanded and oiled it to tip top condition.
Made by p.Collonge, Paris, used by Chemin du Fer de L'ouest Railways to 1909. Acquired by S.C.O.M. (Service Central D'Organisation et Methode) 1959-85. Ended up in Oxford, UK 1992. Sold in Merthyr Tydfil junk store 2017.
Bonus clip at termination of video.
I just obtained a steamer trunk myself and with your insightful video i feel confident on how to restore and properly clean it. Thank you.
Practical, entertaining and amusing. “Because I’m impulsive and I don’t think before doing things, I’ve completely wet and almost destroyed this . . .” Is such a nice, matter-of-fact self-reprimand. I must remember to quote that to myself in future. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
The condition of technician's manicure lends authenticity to the video production. Bravo!
Lovely, thank you. I have my mother's old trunk which I plan to restore
I am sad there are so many negative comments here, this was brilliant and cleaver, I think it was a really good restoration. I like your honesty and sense of humor, as well as using plant poison to keep bugs from eating the wood further. Most people don't even know about plants and how to use them. Good job. with so many different materials in this item, you did amazing at working with each one as it needed. I like it!
this is the most honest youtube video ever. "because im impulsive and i dont think before doing things" " A im lazy" YESSSS best recommendation from youtube in awhile.
It saved me! I bought a chest and was crazy to restore It but had no idea how to do it. Thank you so much!
Well, the most refined voice combined with the most uncouth restoration.
Omg... It had the nicest patina!
I found this restoration very abrasive.
Well now I know what not to ever do to an antique I am trying to rescues or sell...
Just halved it's value. Destroyed a piece of history.
This is Amazing!!! Very beautiful restoration 🤩
Je passe souvent Boulevard des poissonniers! Très beau travail de restoration dans le respect du passé de l'objet 👏
This is great! Lovely job 💖Thank you for the tutorial.
I have four old steamer trunks that I am repairing so this was very helpful.
I'd hate to see the results if you're going to follow his method
i think you and i have a very different view of “Restoration”
Fluff restaurantion and conservation are two different concepts.
i love that you stained your filler with coffee. i do that with painting often. second, next time you have to clean an old fabric, try using an oxy-clean type product. yes it takes longer because it needs to soak for awhile, but their is no actual bleach and it won't ruin your fabric. do this by hand.
I love this guy. He's hilarious! Nope, not a professional 'restoration' but something maybe a normal impatient and impulsive person could manage cheaply. Would his family member be happy? Probably. Looks ok good to me.
A lining should have gone back in. Also I get the impression you haven’t restored or repaired to many antique trunks.
I think you’re lucky that it came out as well as it did because at least half of what you showed was just about vandalism.
Giggidygiggidy I am always uncomfortable watching people remove brass patina.
He want to restore it, that is what he did.
@@joaoeduardo5559 No, He just changed it , not restored it.
@@beyondcriticism restoration has a broad defanition. He definetly restored it
I have almost the same one from my great great grandpa
great renovation
I mean...as a functional item, is quite good, but as a restoration is a 6 out of 10 being generous. Now is never going to be restored to its former glory, because part of it was destroyed really.
Restoration?? Hardly. The FIRST step in Restoration is to clean the item with the mildest solution as possible (soap and water or water and vinegar), resorting to more aggressive solutions for more difficult areas AND knowing when to STOP.
The first thing YOU do it attack it with a grinder! FAIL!
Well done.
I actually think the end result turned out good, as it was in horrible condition before. You kept it looking antique and any further restoriation would have ruined the charm of the chest.
I enjoyed the restoration and the education.
you should make a disclaimer that says that you dont know what the heck you are doing.
Those are flight holes, the woodworm has long gone.
How do I restore the black outside part of it? Is is leather?
It was easy to set up and easy to maintain
It worked out nicely. Thumb up and subscription, thanks for the video!
very good
I owe you the biggest apology. I wouldn't be surprised If you could hear me all the way from Detroit screaming for you to leave the truck alone!!! But I was wrong. It came out beautifully.
Come out brilliant I like to make things look old
HORRORS !
Well came out clean at least. Quick google search, price range for such producer; 1500.- to 3000.- dollars in mint condition after a conservative restauration.
That´s not a restoration, it´s a cleaning up.
The patina of the brass and iron as well as the wood and burlap is lost for ever (that is the worst error) and the interior should have been saved and put back.
Unfortunately no one wants to pay good money for something that looks like it’s been oxidising in a shed for fifty years. The brass will go brown again.
Wow.
Did the owners like it
I have an old trunk with a ripped leather handle. How would you go about repairing that? Or is there a video or site you could direct me to?
if you have a very good cobbler, you might ask him/her. i've got a great one. he restored my old l.v. bucket bag to [almost] perfection.
Hi ! Not a real restoration, but the result is cool (except the inside). Whatever, i like it ! Fred (from Paris, France) ;)
Totally nuts
Sloppy.
Do you have a FB page or Instagram handle James? Got a few questions!
James Mason?
yeah, aint much to do about that tattered moldy insides, would have been nice if you could have afforded some nice new cloth and better incorporated the cut out sign
and people are being really salty as though every single antique item is off limits to anyone but professionals and even so they'll complain, aint easy tryna restore shit
How did you address the canvas on the bottom? I am restoring a trunk that is covered in canvas and was painted but I do not know the techniques in patching it or what sort of paint to use.
I just ripped off the loose bits and glued the rest down with wood glue. It was a hessian type material, painted with a tar or bitumen like substance to deter woodworm.
ignolator neither does he...
You should had at least left the inside alone!
Amateur....worth a couple of hundred u say?? The you handled this... ill give you 50 bucks for it... u actually decreased its value... amateur...
couldnt sell it at a yard sale here.
Nice restoration!
That's what I call taking a period piece and creating a 21st century reproduction 😔
mmmmm not touching my stuff
That’s is the worst restoration that I ever seen...
Wheres your restoration, Saltan?
Corina T between my legs
lol you restored your junk? post it immediately!
Corina T its private I’ll show it to you only...
a private showing of your restoration? im sure its impressive dude let the world see
Are serious with the whole olde worlde accent? Lol
My children have more/better tools than you. Masking tape ‘plaque’ is the ne plus ultra of luggage plaques, you know, back in the day.
Yes it looks nice, but.... Please don't call it a restoratiion.
Home made insecticide and coffee for colour - surely this item is worth a few dollars/pounds for the right products. But then is was probably worth doing it properly rather than destroying parts of it and it’s history and value. Sad.
This is how you do it.... ua-cam.com/video/6cSta1N_mdU/v-deo.html
This has to be one of the worst so called restorations that I’ve ever seen. Total and absolute abortion. You should be locked up.
Horrors, you don't know what you are doing. Stop claiming you are a restorer, please. This was so painful to watch.
You have destroyed, degraded a wonderful antique item...Time have respected it, and have honored it, you didn't...Not only you violently intervened the way you did, you also put yourself in it...I could hear the chest screaming to be saved from the first moment you touched it. 😨😵🙍👎
Ruined it!!!
I see a lot of people bitching and moaning about you cleaning an fixing it. Well it's not like the trunk is super valuable, and it looks better. So who cares. Certainly not me.
The last part of the video is so annoying do u even realise that. I hope u can make a restoration about that too
I strongly advise you to AVOID trying to "read" French. Indeed.
Big thum down because who star somthing that old mast do every thinge he had but you didnt
Huh?
Deette Kearns ???
Pessimo restauro👎🏽
It saved me! I bought a chest and was crazy to restore It but had no idea how to do it. Thank you so much!