UPDATE on large iron artifact I posted yesterday

[Bill D. (VA)]

I received confirmation this morning from an authority working at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation that this artifact is indeed an upright from a colonial andiron, and not a boot jack. But the date of manufacture couldn't be narrowed down any closer than between the late 1600s and 1800. But that still makes it colonial. I hope to repost pics of the andiron once cleaning has been completed in a few weeks.

 

[treblehunter]

MC Hammer
Haaaaaaaaaaaa lol

Cool find Bill

 

[sponge]

When cleaning a small item you can do it on a smaller scale using an old cell phone charger in lieu of the auto battery charger. My earlier instructions were geared toward cleaning large iron items, but the same principles apply.

I have done the phone charger method but have always wanted to build a bigger setup. Gonna start gathering the parts. thanks again Bill

sent from a sending device.

 

[pepperj]

Thanks for the clarification of what the iron is actually Bill, and the detailed way of doing the cleaning a keeper for sure.