Hand Plane Restoration Paint

Others prefer refinishing them to like new.

Hand plane restoration paint. Opinions on the restoration of old hand planes or virtually any antique item for that matter vary widely and are frequently debated within their respective communities of interest. Evapo rust citric acid electrolysis all meant to eat away the rust. This process can be used to restore any hand plane. I dont have a finished pic of the 3 yet but as you can see with the 7 the new paint job looks much better then the before pic.

This is a sargent 4 that is in decent shape. But ive been soaking my planes less and less lately finding a faster and a much safer approach. When i got into woodworking hand planes stood out as aesthetically pleasing and exceedingly utilitari. A few people have asked if i could go through the process i use to restore a hand plane so here it is.

After a quick clean of the surface to make sure no debris was hanging around i applied a thin coat of black spray paint to give a consistent top coat. There were no major chips removed or flaking present but there were a lot of slight surface blemishes here and there. The jointer plane is the plane that i used the spray paint on the 3 shows how i taped it off. Thats all for this blog.

Many believe fervently that old tools should not even be cleaned maintaining every grimy detail of its use and history. Restoring a vintage hand plane. Every blog on hand plane restoration starts with some kind of soaking. This is part 1 of a 3 part series where i restore sharpen and set up and.

The paint is ok but does not shine like new and there is some rust that needs to. On a recent trip to north carolina my wife and i had stopped at an antique store where i found a few decent stanley bailey hand planes. Not the best blog for info on painting. I go into detail on these methods and more on my full bench plane restoration guide.

Hand plane restoration. For those of you that dont know a hand plane is a woodworking tool thats been around for a few centuries a. Ive been enamored by tools for a long time the look feel and design of something that is both beautiful and practical is fascinating to me. Lapping the sole disassembly cleaning the fittings frog preparation.

Click on thumbnails for full size images. See the youtube video playlist series here. All the planes ive collected have received this restoration process. This bench plane restoration guide is part one of two parts of a series on how to restore a vintage bench plane and other vintage hand tools.

Don wilwol edited last 2 2020 part 2 of the bench plane restoration guide is here.