Here's the before photo. Notice all the rust and peeling black paint.
Here is a after sandblasting photo of the light fixture. Notice that all the paint is gone. There is still a small amount of rust left. So far I haven't noticed any broken welds or cracks. 
I think one more sandblasting session and the light fixture should be ready for priming. I will hold off on the final coat of black satin paint until I locate a ceiling canopy for this fixture.
Hope everyone enjoyed the lunar ecilpse tonight. If you missed it, here are a few very poor quality photos I took during the eclipse. The sky was clear but it was about 11 degrees......brrrrrrrr.
Nice job on the light fixture! Wasn't the eclipse amazing?! I thought the photos looked pretty good!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! It will look fantastic once it's painted.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics of the eclipse... I had to watch it out my rear view mirror on my way home last night. Pretty cool!
Hi Jan,
ReplyDeleteWow! The fixture looks great! If you want, I can pop into Mac the Antique Plumber here in Sacramento--he actually has quite a bit in antique lighting, and see if he has any caps. Great news on the book--you'll enjoy it. One question--how did you get the pics of the eclipse? My DD and I both tried with our digital cameras last night and nothing. And they are both good cameras. I'm guessing it's operator error...
oops, meant to say canopy, not cap...
ReplyDeleteSandy...Thanks and your caps are in the mail!!! Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteJennifer....Thanks...I snapped the photos while at work. Security was probably beside themselves with someone going in and out the back door. LOL
Annette...are you related to Peggy???? I see you are from Sacramento. I think Mac the Antique Plumber has a website. I'll try there first. Thanks.
I used my digital camera ($200 7mp) and used my zoom lens. I can't understand why the early photos are blurry but the late stage ones are fairly clear. I did use my flash, only because I had no idea how to turn it off. Note to self....read instruction manual.
Jan, I'm sorry to say that I don't even know anyone in Sac named Peggy, and it's a big town! Oh well. Lots of neat houses though, often wondered if any of them have house blogs. We live in a 1949 cinder block box, which we have been remodeling since we moved in 4 years ago. Still not done. It's also been REALLY cold here--highs in the 50's and windy. Ha. I mowed the 10" high new lawn for the first time this week. The year-old seed I threw out there in November really took off! As for light stuff, Mac can be pricey, and I don't know what his shipping is, if you find something you want and I can send it more cheaply, let me know. I can also look around--there are several other vintage lighting places around and I love a hunt.
ReplyDeletethanks too for the photo info. I guess I need to read the manual too!
My mother worked with someone who moved to Sacramento. What are the odds huh???
ReplyDelete1949....You really don't hear much about houses from that era either, except for tract houses built after the war. Makes the house more unique, right?
I'll let you know if I find anything in CA. Thanks for offering to help. Jan
Jan,
ReplyDeleteNot so strange--my brother went to college in MI and has settled there--that's part of what caught my eye on your blog--where you are!
And yeah, ours is a post-WWII tract house--'bomb-proof' concrete block, originally with Youngstown Steel cabinets (long gone) and steel casements(gone too). Two house plans, each turned or flopped any of three ways were your options. I've been meaning to go downtown to the library and look for the old ads for the development. "Unique" would describe the decorative shutters in the neighborhood that people added after the fact to personalize their home. Very few duplicates there. :-)
Annette....I had steel cabinets in my first home. And they weren't the original cabinets. Who would upgrade to metal cabinets???
ReplyDeleteI like the metal casement windows but I know they can be leaky and are very hard to restore.
They even had metal houses at one time. Lustron or something like that. Someone was selling one in Mi that needed to be relocated. There was govt $$ to help move it because of historic purposes.
Are you going to do a houseblog???
Your house would be very unique because I don't think I have seen any houses from that era or that type of home.
Where did your brother go to school??
I actually wanted to replace the steel cabinets--if I could have gotten enough, we were going to sandblast them and get them powder-coated. Darn-near indestructible and easy to clean.
ReplyDeleteAnd the chrome handles on the couple that had re-located to the garage were really cool! Oh well.
Everyone keeps telling me I should blog--my mom, so I can post grandma pics for her, my quilting friends, so I can keep them updated on the current projects, homeschooling friends, since I'm a veteran now (10+ yrs, 4 kids)and home blog folks I correspond with, about our home and yard projects. I may have to bite the bullet and just do all of that on one blog....but when??
My brother went to Calvin College in GR., and settled in Holland. I still need to get out there and visit. He's re-doing a great bungalow. Lucky booger. Are you near there? I'm too lazy to look it up...
Holland Mi...great area. Clean and neat, neat, neat. Tulip festival!!!! Also Zeeland (no bars and cannot mow on Sundays), Saugatuck (old artist colony), Grand Haven (great beach)all fab places on the west side. I live in Grand Blanc which is nearly a direct line going east. I'd say 2 hrs driving time.
ReplyDeleteWe put our metal wall cabinets with sliding glass in our garage as well. Worked perfect.
Yes..you should do a blog!!! I vote YES on you doing a blog!!!
Funny you should mention quilting. I think I'm going to try my hand at quilting. I love those quilting shows on the 'Create' channel.