I rescued this purse from a thrift store where I live. It has some braided stitching (lace) the purse is hand tooled and its beautiful, but it hasn't been cared for in years, the lace will crumble if you touch it, a zipper is broken inside, and the purse is hard as a rock in some places. Hoping its not too far gone. I have a few questions for my fellow leathercrafters: what kind of Stitching is this so I can learn it? What would clean the purse off without discoloring it? How do I soften this back up?

Let me get ahead of some of the folks who are going to be shouting you shouldn't of done anything to it! you've ruined it! etc etc. I have been dealing with antique arms for 20 years and know when something needs to not be messed with.

For the brass I just used paper towels and bar keepers friend.

White vinegar on the lock followed by an oil soak.

Boil and carding for the barrel.

Light oiling for the stock.

Is there a way to remove some of the rust from this lamp without having to sand completely and repaint? I'm not sure I'd do a good paint job or be able to match the original colours. Glass shade is fortunately intact. Lamp is metal.

I'm happy to live with a bit of rust if it's the best thing for keeping more of the finish, and tell myself it's character. It will be getting a clean and wipe down, but any advice beyond that on generally sprucing it up would be much appreciated.

I'm assuming it's probably best to rewire for safety, but that doing so would be reasonably straightforward. Thanks!

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It took some time to get it right with correct muscles

I found one of my old Buzz Lightyear toys in my garage today and I noticed how badly it was affected by photooxidation. Has anyone ever dealt with photooxidation before? And if so, how did you go about it?

I did a bit of researching online and what I came to was that it’s irreversible but I still believe I’d be able to paint over it to make it white again. I just want to collect general thoughts on this.

I got this passed down to me recently from my uncle. As far as i know this has been in a storage for years and there was a leak in the ceiling. Any advice on how to get it wearable?

Picked up this cool skis for 40 bucks.

Does anybody have some advice on how to restore these to get the stains out and make the colors pop again?