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Vintage Craftsman tool chest restoration - completed posted in almost 7 years ago About a month ago, I began the project of restoring a vintage 1960s rolling tool chest bottom. When purchased, someone had begun to restore it, but had stopped half way and left it out in the elements for a while. It was in poor shape. I decided against taking everything down to bare metal - too time consuming.
I rubbed down everything with Scotch Brite scrubbing pads to scuff the surface up just a bit and applied a new coat of primer. One drawer was heavily rusted and needed to be worked on with a drill and a brass coated wire wheel. That drawer was primered with rusty metal primer.
The next decision was what color scheme to use? I decided on a hammered finish light gray for the chest and a dark red for the drawers. The chest itself had alot of imperfections in the metal - plugged/filled holes, scratches in the paint, etc.A hammer finish paint can hide some of the imperfections, that's why the decision was made. A similar scheme was the original color for Craftsman tool boxes of the era. Well, I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story. Small shadow in upper left of top box from overhanging tree, not from a bad paint job. I will one day replace the missing lock and may even get around to lining the drawers. The top chest was one I had and repainted a few months ago prior to acquiring the bottom. Gray paint a little darker on top box, but that is okay.
If I ever find an intermediate box to match the top and bottom, that would be cool. Top box - $20, bottom box - $25, paint - $20 (approx.).
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