Ornate 1901 Iron Hinges Restoration | Random Restoration

Welcome! Today I will be continue my eight month hardware restoration spree by restoring two shabby looking old ornate cast iron hinges manufactured by Sargent & Co. from the 1880s to the early 1900s. These iron hinges had 120 years worth of paint poorly slathered on them, so I started the restoration off with a lot of paint stripping. Surprisingly under all that paint the hinges were not too rusty, but that’s okay - The less of a rusty restoration the easier haha. Anyway, I threw them in the rust remover for a day just to remove any small amounts of rust. After the rust removal, I moved onto sanding down the outrageously rough hinge pins. After they were all sanded I went ahead and gave them a quick polish with a coarse polish. This is because I want them to look like the original finish which wasn’t a mirror polished surface. Then I moved onto painting them. Well no, technically I applied a tinted lacquer, which recreates a bronze plated look. Unlike in my previous hinge restorati