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xrundog · 08-08-2020, 12:41 PM

Hi, it's been awhile since I did anything in the workshop. My Son-in-law expressed an interest in having a stand so I picked one out for him.

It's another horse handle ashtray with a large (8") insert. Someone had painted this a uniform gold color. The paint seemed pretty solid so I cleaned it and worked it over with some fine steel wool to prep for new paint. The lower double horse head section was fine. Just needed cleaning and buffing. Only thing I stripped was the handle. Turned out to be silver toned. Whatever it is (pot metal, lead?), it's solid. I just hand buffed it with fine steel wool to a shine. Here's a before pic.

I long ago decided that a two tone paint scheme is more interesting and gives the piece pizzazz. The black rings are done freehand with an acrylic paint. Pretty happy with this one!

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08-08-2020, 12:41 PM	#23
xrundog Contributing Editor Herf Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central, Iowa Posts: 9,806	Hi, it's been awhile since I did anything in the workshop. My Son-in-law expressed an interest in having a stand so I picked one out for him. It's another horse handle ashtray with a large (8") insert. Someone had painted this a uniform gold color. The paint seemed pretty solid so I cleaned it and worked it over with some fine steel wool to prep for new paint. The lower double horse head section was fine. Just needed cleaning and buffing. Only thing I stripped was the handle. Turned out to be silver toned. Whatever it is (pot metal, lead?), it's solid. I just hand buffed it with fine steel wool to a shine. Here's a before pic. I long ago decided that a two tone paint scheme is more interesting and gives the piece pizzazz. The black rings are done freehand with an acrylic paint. Pretty happy with this one!