1940’s Large Rusty Vintage Cash Money Box With Lock Restoration

Hello and welcome folks In this restoration I’m doing up an old 1940’s Petty Cash box. This was a simple but very challenging restoration that took me well over 4 weeks to complete. After disassembling everything I had my work cut out for me. The box was in worse condition than I had originally anticipated. It was covered in small dents that I knocked out as best I could. I then filled any remaining dents with putty and gave it a good sand before using a spray putty to fill any other minor scratches. After sanding it back smooth I covered it again in spray putty and gave it another quick sand. I remember years ago a body repair workshop telling me this tip about spraying the project with a light coat of paint to see any high or low spots, so then I found my self sanding almost everything back again. Then came time for the final coat of paint, I thought everything was going to plan until I had one spot that constantly bubbled the paint. More sanding and painting at least another 3 times until I finally managed to stop the paint bubbling in that one spot. Finally it was time to delicately apply the gold stripes and give it a final coat of clear varnish. The first coat applied perfectly but when I tried to apply the second coat disaster struck and I found the clear and started to run down the sides of the project making a big mess. I shut the door to the shed and walked away feeling very frustrated. Two days later I returned with some 2000 grit sand paper and got to work slowly sanding out all the paint marks left. Finally fingers crossed, I sprayed it again with clear having greater success. A lot of channels will make thing look like everything runs smoothly while restoring old items but some times this is not the case. Things will challenge us sometimes and from each new challenge we learn new skills or invent our own remedies. The most important thing is to not give up when things get hard and be willing to try anything to get back on track. If your reading this thank you for listening to me grumble on about how hard it was. Please Like, Share and Subscribe #Restoration #Antique #cash