Quaich Restoring

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

Last month I was looking for a Quaich to add to my collection of.. well ..stuff. I came across this little Quaich that was fairly inexpensive, but needed a little work to bring back it’s brilliance. I won the auction and a week later it arrived at my home. It was fairly tarnished and had a few scratches on the face of the bowl. I set to work researching pewter and seeing what I might be able to do with it.

Here is how my little Quaich arrived (please excuse the poor pictures I need a new camera)
The inside of the bowl, note the big black tarnish stains.

The outside of the bowl, you can’t really see the scratches due to my crappy photography skills:


More to come..

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

I saw a recipe for a homemade paste that claimed it worked great getting rid of stains on pewter:
Here it is:

I waited for it to dry:

Well the paste did not work..

More to come..

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

I broke out the 3M Tarni-Sheild and went to work. After an hour and a half:


I was very happy!

More to come..

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

I went to the local dollar store and picked up a small balsa wood box:

I cut some cotton and silk to line the box:

I then took the silk and cotton out and coated the box with Linseed oil:


More to come..

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

While waiting for the box to dry I used very fine steel wool to buff out the scratches on the bowl and gave the entire Quaich a good buffing.
When the box was dry I glued the cotton and silk back in the box and let it dry:


More to come..

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

Finished project:

Now it sits with some little friends of mine:


Total cost of the project:
Quaich-$12 including shipping from Scotland (You can get great deals on tarnished items)
Box-$1
Linseed oil-$5
Tarni-Sheild-$5
Steel wool-$2
(I won’t include the scraps of silk and cotton)
Total $25
The fun in restoring the Quaich-Priceless!

Thanks for looking,
Sara

[ChattanCat]

Very well done and presented Sara.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

That's really cool. (Says the man who spent six hours polishing silver this past week end.)

[pdcorlis]

Wow - Sara... Talk about value added, Well done!

[Arlen]

Absolutely gorgeous and a fine ornament.