My grandad's clock

Huge · 2013-03-05T11:11:04+00:00

I have recently inherited my grandad's retirement clock. (Well, strictly, it's my wife's grandad's clock, but that's not material). It dates from 1950 and hasn't been cleaned for some time - likely decades. It's a dark wood mantel clock, with 3 winders, and chimes the quarters. It has a Westminster chime, which works fine and it keeps quite good time. However, the case is vile, with decades of dirt. The wood seems to be unfinished and the dirt ingrained. Can anyone suggest (i) how I should clean it & (ii) how I should finish it once it's clean? I was thinking of a decent wax furniture polish. The insides are just very dusty/cobwebby, so I was going to carefully blow out the crap with an air duster and otherwise leave them alone.

Mar 05, 2013 20 Replies

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Huge 13 years ago

It's younger than me.

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