1800s Beaded Oval Mortise Lock Set Restoration | Random Restoration,
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Welcome! Today I'll be restoring an old ornate 1800s to early 1900s beaded oval mortise lock set. I had previously installed this hardware on my workshop door, and finally decided to restore the door (off camera) and restore the hardware. The lock for this set was made by Sargent & Co., though the backplates and door knobs may be from a different manufacturer.
To start this restoration I quickly removed the interior components of the mortise lock. The lock was not particularly rusty this time 'round haha. I then ground down the rivets that held the faceplate on and carefully hammered the rivets out since the case of the lock is cast iron. Then it was time for paint stripping. For the lock case, which was originally japanned, I simply scraped the japanning off. The remaining parts were soaked in a gel paint stripper to remove any paint from the surface.
None of these parts were very rusty, but I threw them all (including the bronze parts even though it wasn't necessary) in the rust remover overnight. I have always used Evapo Rust for rust removal, and it certainly does great job! The next day I went ahead and started work on the rust free mortise lock. I first straightened out the bent faceplate, then tapped threads through the faceplate so I could reattach it with screws rather than rivets.
Then it was time for making keys. Well I guess I only made one key on camera for this lock, but I do have a second one I made off camera. I'm too used to double key locks that I couldn't resist making two, and I have a couple hundred original uncut antique bit keys (skeleton keys) that I have so I might as well make more than one haha. Then it was time for painting the Sargent lock case/ case cover. Next up with this hardware restoration was sanding the faceplate.
The finish I decided to use was what would have been called an "antique bronze" finish. Hardware was also offered in an antique/old copper, brass, bronze and silver. The faceplate was sanded, chemically blackened then a bit of time was spent polishing in areas to remove the blackening. A quick bit of lacquering later and the faceplate was done. The same process was repeated with the door knobs and backplates. The backplates did require a bit of repair work on some extra loose collars, but a bit of hammering later and they were good as new haha.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Welcome!
0:45 Disassembly
2:31 Paint Stripping
3:58 Rust Removal
4:29 Reattaching the Faceplate
6:02 Cutting a Key
7:25 Restoring the Case
8:22 Restoring Small Parts
10:18 Restoring the Faceplate
11:22 Explaining the Finish
12:26 Finishing the Faceplate
13:39 Reassembling the Lock
15:15 Restoring the Faceplate
16:53 Restoring the Boots
19:09 Restoring the Backplates
23:01 Before and After
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Hi all, I hope you enjoy today's project! I made sure to bring back everyone's favorite questionable finish with this one - Let me know what you think haha.
Thanks! I hate it! Lol! I wasn't prepared for how much of a physical response I had to that treatment. I gasped aloud! Great job with the restoration. 😁👍
I have never seen ugly applied so beautifully.
@@RavenAttwoode Hahaha yeah it’s definitely not for everyone! Thanks a lot for watching!
@@markchristopher9515 Haha they are some gorgeous backplates/door knobs, but they definitely have a funky finish!
A new video from Mr. Random Restoration means a great weekend is henceforth! Thank you.
Hahaha it's been a while since the last one! Thanks a lot, Bryce!
Definitely not my favourite finish. Should have feathered the edges a bit more but they turned out great regardless! Love your work.
Haha yeah there are better options for blackening items like this, and while the chemical I used is the fastest at blackening, the quality of it is really bad compared to others - This leads to much sharper edges since in many areas the blackening flakes off around where it's being polished instead of having a soft blended edge. If I do this finish again I definitely plan on trying out other options! Thanks a lot for watching!
@@randomrestoration6858 I'm not crazy about that two toned finish. Makes it look dirty / worn out. Other than that I love your work
Beautiful but remember if you install a spring lock to a room you’ll be locked out for nine months of the year😜🍻
Haha hey now this is some pretty good advise 😆
As per usually, thank you for watching!
The spring knew you were going to bring back that original finish and tried to casually roll away due to creative differences.
Hahaha you may be right, it really wanted nothing to do with this project. Thanks a lot for watching, Kent!
Wow great work...
Much obliged, Brian!
A very unusual outcome i must say, but I like them. Well done. 👌
Haha yeah it's a bit of an odd finish, and it's definitely not for everyone! Thank you, Shaun!
The crickets at 22:13 was a nice touch.
Oh yeah those are a bunch of frogs from a nearby pond - They get pretty noisy once it starts getting dark out haha. Thank you for watching!
So pretty.💙
Thank you very much - It's a pretty simple but cool lockset for sure!
Interesting how people over time have always liked making new things look old!
Quelle incroyable transformation.
Merci j'apprécie!
New to the channel. Love watching restoration videos. This is not a style I've ever seen and I don't hate it.....it's funky and quite beautiful
Welcome, Dawn! Haha yeah it really is an interesting finish and is very different to what is offered today. Thank you very much for watching!
I have these same fixtures in my 1912 house. They were all painted over. When the paint was removed this striped pattern was beneath. I chose not to keep it, but it was original.
@@randallcarpenter5313 Very cool, this was a very common style for hardware (and many metal items) around that time. Good to hear you got rid of that nasty paint at least haha.
I'm not fond of the light/dark pattern, but another great job.
I really disliked this finish for the longest time until I saw it in person, but it's definitely something that I think most people would understandably not be too fond of compared to a normal polished finish haha. Thank you very much for watching, Dori!
@@randomrestoration6858 Agreed, it looked ok on your reference piece, but on this, meh, should have picked one or the other. Looks like someone took a lighter to it or had fire damage.
Beautiful restoration. They don't make them like they use to.
Thank you, Larry! Right, it's too bad - This gorgeous set still has another 100 years of use in it which is more than can be said about any modern day alternatives. Thanks a lot for watching!
Que hermosos quedaron esos apliques, esa cerradura y los pomos! Que hermoso es el color dorado del bronce, tan luminoso, tan fino y elegante. Muy buen trabajo de restauración, observo en el vídeo mucho respeto y cuidado al hacer el trabajo y eso es importante para mi. Disfruto mucho de este canal. Voy a seguir mirando vídeos. Gracias.
¡Gracias de nuevo! Le di a este un acabado un poco extraño, pero es original de la pieza, lo cual es genial. ¡Creo que un acabado bien pulido también se habría visto genial! ¡Me alegro de que hayas estado disfrutando de los videos! Voy a presentar candados más completos como estos con una frecuencia mucho mayor en un futuro próximo. ¡Gracias como siempre por mirar!
Stunning!
Much appreciated! It's a bit of an odd finish compared to what we have today, but looks surprisingly cool in person. As always, thank you for watching!
Antiquing an antique that may have previously antiqued...who would have thought? We see old things today thinking "Wow, time sure makes a difference on how something looks! You can see the age in this item!" I hadn't really considered that in the late 1800s early 1900s they were looking for the antique look too!
Hahaha yeah that pretty much sums up this finish! Yeah it's interesting to see the 1800s to early 1900s take on an aged finish. It's a bit funky looking, but looks pretty cool in person. Thanks a lot for watching!
Hi Random beautiful restoration good job well done friend
Howdy, Vince! Much appreciated, it was great to finally restore some hardware that I actually regularly use for once haha. As always, thank you for watching!
hope you finish redoing that old house you apparently bought soon and start doing a wider range of projects again. can only watch so many lock and door knob vids.
Haha yeah I'll definitely have some non hardware projects from time to time - Thanks for watching!
Well sir, I finally found your channel again, it has been awhile since I’ve watched your channel, you were not popping up on my notifications, but I found you and what an excellent job you did on this project, that latch and lock looked as if someone was trying to do a crowbar break in on the door, thanks for the video sir, enjoyed it.
Outstanding bro, can't wait to see the doors and such that you are putting them on. That should be really awesome
Thank you, Tim! I ended up putting these on a door along with a pair of ornate hinges I restored in the past, though I cut that part out of the video haha. Thanks as always for watching!
@@randomrestoration6858 it's cool to see a different style of finish on them that is correct for the time they were made. We get to see the past brought back
Very cool (as always)! ✌🏻🎨☕️
I appreciate it, Susannah!
Another great job! I like to imagine you have a detached garage just full of doors that have all your finished products on them.
I appreciate it! Well I'm not there yet, but at this rate the garage full of doors with hardware installed may become a reality hahaha. Thank you for watching!
My great-grandparents had oval knobs in their house. 🙂
Sweet! I was really amazed at how nice of a feel these oval knobs have - I'd say they have a much better feel than round knobs. Thanks a lot for watching!
Geez, this one was banged up but good when you got it!!!
Still not sure on the finish… but overall, love the restoration!!!
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Haha these weren't treated the best in the past, but it makes for a fun challenge! Oh yeah that's totally understandable, it's a pretty funky finish and admittedly I really didn't like it whatsoever when I first came across it, but it grew on me over time. As always thanks a lot for watching, Samantha!
“I didn’t like that spring anyway.” 🤣🤣🤣
That thing had been very uncooperative off camera hahaha. Thank you for watching!
@@randomrestoration6858 thank YOU, for your awesome work. It is always thoroughly enjoyable, and informative. 😃
Those turned out beautiful.. You've got this stuff down to an art.. I hope you can find more of these.. I'd say they're getting harder to come by daily.. Thx for taking us along on another adventure.. take care my friend...
Thanks a lot, Gary! Yeah they are slowly disappearing unfortunately, and finding multiple identical sets can be a bit tricky, but doable with enough time searching. Thanks as always for watching!
Excellent restoration 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Be safe
I appreciate it, thank you for watching!
My grandparents called that mottled finish "tortoise shell" - which I think was something of a fashion fad until it was overtaken by Bakelite and Celluloid.
Haha well that's a new name for this finish I hadn't heard of before, thanks for sharing! Yeah it really seemed to fade in popularity around the 1930s, but before that it was very common. Thanks a lot for watching!
Except for the "zebra stripes," a nice restoration.
Haha yeah it's definitely a funky finish! I appreciate it, Edgar!
Yep, you removed those rivets real gentle. Lol. 😁😁👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
You should see my non gentle way of removing rivets hahaha. Thank you for watching, Cathy!
Man You Really Stretched This One Out. Even At 2x Speed It's Slow At Times
Hahaha yeah admittedly it wasn't my best editing job to date! Thanks a lot for watching!
Very nice restoration, especially that finish. I thought it looked odd on the separate pieces, but when assembled it looks very rich and classy.
Thank you, Gary! Haha yeah I agree it's a funky finish unless the whole set has a matching finish! Thank you very much for watching!
Beautiful, your usual excellent work.
Hey thank you very much for the kind words!
Splendid work restoring the antique lockset, knobs, and all. I bet it took a good deal of skill getting those dents and dings out of those knob plates where the door knobs go. Great work.
I appreciate it, George! Gadzooks, those sharp dents around the collar definitely took a bit of work to remove, but I was really happy to have been able to sand what remained of the damage away. Thank you very much for watching!
Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера.
Как всегда спасибо за поддержку, мне очень приятно!
Great restoration bro'! You just earned yourself a sub!
Thanks a lot, Rommel! Welcome aboard, and thank you for watching!
Man I got this same exact mortice lock set at my house. My house was build around 1910
Awesome, I really was surprised at how nice these oval door knobs feel to use. They always looked so clunky and awkward to me but are way better than normal round knobs in my opinion. Thanks a lot for watching!
Very impressive as always my friend 👍 fantastic looking project, Amazing work
Hey thanks a lot, man! It definitely took a while to get this set restored, but I reckon it was worth it! Thanks a lot for watching!
Fantastic. I really like the look, and wish that those old oval handles would make a comeback. Thank you for sharing! The door at the end made me think of visiting my grandmother’s apartment when I was a kid. She had one oval handle like that. Of course, the opposite side was glass with a flower in it, I think the handle broke and the building super just popped on whatever fit. Anyway, awesome!
Thanks a lot! I really thought these oval handles would be awful to use, but it turns out they're much more natural feeling to use than a round door knob. Oh yeah the classic mismatched door knobs haha. I suppose it was much more difficult to find a matching replacement then compared to now, so I guess they get a pass on the mismatch! Thanks a lot for watching!
Looks like it was a fairly easy resto,I do like the design and the style you chose to finish them in.but,remember always a but ,the face plate’s,that’s what I call them.I really liked the way they looked at the very beginning if you could of made it look like leather look ,I think that would have been great.of course my opinion.beautiful work as always.keep doing what your doing 👍👍👍😎😎😎
Yeah it was luckily a pretty straightforward restoration this time 'round! Haha I actually thought about how it'd make sense to use the original patina and polish in the design but I knew with how much these needed to be unbent I wouldn't be able to keep the original color. Thanks a lot for watching, Tom!
Brilliant work as always those face plates would have taken you a while lot of work there. Look forward to seeing your next post as always. 👍👍
I appreciate it, Craig! Haha yeah those backplates were really in grim condition - The one with all those sharp dents around the collar took a while to sand to say the least haha. Thank you very much for watching!
The knobs were looking so good, and now they look horrible!
Hahaha it's definitely not a finish for everyone, thank you for the feedback, and thanks for watching!
You ever see the show Restored with Brett Waterman on Magnolia Network, used to be DIY Network? I'm sure he'd get a kick out of all your restorations.
I can't say I've heard of that show, but I'll have to check it out! Haha well I appreciate it, I'd like to think he'd be interested in it. Thank you for watching!
Beautiful job. I have 5 of these in an old apartment. I would like to try similar restoring. What is the lacquer brand or where do you get it? Regards
Thank you, Ivan! Very cool, these beaded oval sets quite spectacular when they're brought back to their former glory. I make the lacquer myself, but there are many well rated options you can buy online such as "Mohawk Lacquer for Brass." I have bought a can of that but haven't used it yet so I can't say whether it's quality or not, but it is very well reviewed haha. Thank you very much for watching!
Great video...how did you get the knobs to be straight up and down when the door was closed...the ones in my house are cocked to the side when closed.
Hey RR
I enjoyed this project very much, you are a master at restoring equipment like this.
Very interesting design feature to choose from back then.
Seeing it installed on your door was a treat. Is it in your home?
Take care 🙂
Hey Tim, I appreciate it! It's definitely a bit of a funky finish but I couldn't resist recreating it haha. It is indeed - I restored the door while I was at it since someone had given it the ol' 20 coats of white paint treatment in the past and it was looking pretty shabby haha. As per usual, thanks a lot for watching!
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It looks great on the door they go together very nicely. What did you use to strip the door, I have a couple of them I am thinking about redoing...same sort of paint over.
Hope you and yours are having a great weekend.
@@Tim-57 Sorry for the late reply, Tim, but I used a Klean-Strip Aircraft Paint Remover for stripping the paint off the door. I lost about four weekends just paint stripping the door since there was a lot of stubborn paint in the corners - Long story short, it was a lot more work than expected haha. Thanks! Hope all is well for you too!
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No worries about that.
Thank you so much for your reply, I screenshot your answer.
Happy weekend coming up🙂
Brilliant, so interesting to see this finish restored and how it is done. What would you have to do to make that antique copper though.. the finish you ended up with looked more like brass. Is it just a case of them being cooper plated and then the patina fluid being applied etc?
Also, on the hinges you showed - what sort of finish would you say the unblackened bit is? I have some 1920s door plates exactly the same but the exposed metal part is more orangy than copper - could it be that they’ve applied tinted lacquer? Or it has been bronze plated? Thanks again :)
Thanks a lot! The antique copper variant was sometimes copper plated and other times was bronze plated to imitate an aged copper once polished. The process for copper plated/bronze plated pieces would be identical to this set, as most blackening chemicals I've come across will work with brass, bronze and copper.
With the hinges I showed there's a bit of a difference in color in the video versus in person - These are definitely copper plated, but bronze plated "old copper" finishes were very common. It's hard to say without seeing them in person, but it's entirely possible that whatever they used for the lacquer on your hardware yellowed over time which would cause a bit of an off color. If it isn't a yellowed lacquer and it doesn't really look like copper then I'd say that they are bronze plated since brass plated "old" finishes are very yellow in color. Thanks a lot for watching!
well done!!!!!! what is the difference between the red polishing head and the green polishing head please.
Thank you, Collin! Good question - The red and green wheels you saw were abrasive buffs. The red one is 320 grit and the green one is 180 grit. Despite their name and grits, they don't remove enough material to be useful for sanding (as in a shallow scratch would take 20 minutes to remove with ones of these holding it in one spot) so I simply use them for cleaning objects, which they're great for haha. Thanks a lot for watching!
Have you ever had a spring get sprung when you were closing them up?
No springs sprunging in a major way when closing up cases so far haha. Thank you for watching!
Nope don't care for the two tone look! Not at all!! Other than that they looks great and you did an excellent job restoring them!!!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up for support
Haha yeah it's understandable, this finish does have a bit of a funky look! Thank you for the kind words, and as always, thanks a lot for watching!
@@randomrestoration6858 You're very welcome!!
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It was an interesting video. I couldn't believe how many dents and cuts this lock had. It must had been removed from a door by a gorilla.
I'll be honest, not sure I like the finish. Kinda strange. I know you showed all of the manufacturers did it. It's the first time I ever saw it.
Still, another fun video to watch.
I hope your doing ok. No fun little wisecracks from you this time.
Hahaha right, this lock clearly met the wrong person some time in the past! Totally understandable, it's a pretty funky looking finish, especially when compared to what's offered these days. I really didn't like this style at first, but after a year or so it grew on me for some reason haha.
I've been pretty busy the last couple months and had to rush a bit to get this one done, so definitely less commentary than usual with this video, but I'm doing alright - I do appreciate you asking!
As always, thanks a lot for watching, and take care!
Beautiful job. Not a fan of the "camo" finish.
Thank you, Ken! Haha fair enough, I'm surprised at how popular this finish was back in the day. Thanks a lot for watching!
Is this finish supposed to mimic a tortoise shell effect? Not my favourite finish but a beautiful restoration nonetheless.
Hahaha no the orange peel was due to my airbrush malfunctioning mixed with cold weather. Effectively the lacquer was partly drying by the time it even reached the piece and ended up with some pretty gnarly orange peel. Although I have installed this set on a door I mostly wanted to see how well it holds up with extended use - As soon as the lacquer is worn through on the knobs I’ll end up refinishing it and hopefully it’ll go a bit smoother this time haha. I appreciate the kind words!
What's going on is that I've just missed out, on merely countless number of random restoration episodes. It's bern so hard for me to keep up. 😕 🤔 😐 😒 😳 😑 😕
Hahaha no worries, I think CZcams is really bad sometimes about notifying people of new videos, but you got here in the end! I appreciate the support!
They look nice but that finished is not what I would have gone with personally. Sorry if it sounds like a back handed compliment not really my intention.
Thanks a lot! Haha no worries, this finish is pretty odd, especially compared to what’s offered these days so I totally understand. Thank you very much for watching!
They did have some odd looks back in day.....
Haha yeah they sure did - This finish was outrageously popular at the time! As per usual, thanks a lot for watching!
You do beautiful work, btw, I just didn’t like the two tone finish, sorry.
I appreciate it! No worries, this finish is definitely a bit odd and I reckon many people would agree with you and would much prefer a polished finish instead. Thank you again for watching!
The black stains looked horrible!
Hahaha it's definitely an odd finish, but was surprisingly super popular back in the day for many items made of metal such as staplers, vent grates, hardware, etc. Thanks a lot for watching!
Excellent work but I don't like the finish
Thanks a lot! Haha no worries, it's definitely not a finish that I suspect most people would prefer. Thanks a lot for watching!