It was really dirty, a combination of greasy and dusty, ewww! I took the cover off of the clock, removed the clock works and the clock face and scrubbed it down with some Dawn (takes grease out of your way!)
Better, I was thinking about painting the whole thing a bright color, like lime green or turquoise, but I wanted to keep those bright orange eyes. The plastic eyes came right out, the glue must have yielded to the soapy water. I was trying to polish them up a bit, they were just so scratched and dull, it’s like they had been scrubbed with an abrasive cleaner or sponge. I had the brilliant idea to use the buffing wheel on my Dremel to shine them up a bit. It worked great, they looked new. I was even able to shine the badly scratched cover.
The left side looks new, all shiny and clear. I buffed the entire clock. It brought back the shine on the plastic too! I scanned the old clock face, edited out some of the water damage and skewed the colors to give it an orange tint. Once that was printed out I Mod Podged it onto the clock and put everything back together.
It looks brand new and I just finished hanging it up in the craft room. Not bad for a quarter and some time! What is your best yard sale/thrift shop redo?, I’d love to see it. Have a super crafty weekend!
2 comments:
My Mama had a clock a lot like that--I guarantee that yours was that nasty because it, too, lived for five decades in a bacon-frying, biscuit-baking, tomato-canning kitchen!
I TOTALLY want to steal your clock!! I have such an owl obsession and have been talking about how awesome it would be to finally find an owl clock!
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