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Sun May 24 2026 07:40 PM
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Continued from the value forum:
Guy I purchased from demonstrated with cleaner wax that other than the typical porcelain hits, the sign shines & looks new! Excite!
The ring & mount need to dealt with to compliment the sign. Is blast & powder painting a good way to go? $$? Don’t want to single side a double sided sign, so thinking about making an articulating mount to rotate from the wall that looks right. No dates on sign. Thoughts on era? Rick
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40s-50s sign. I dont think I'd bother powdercoating the frame, most people in here probably say leave as is. I might blast or strip and paint it just because I like to restore. Lots of us have double sided signs we just display one-sided on a wall.
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Got to clean the sign to best condition. Would wire wheel & rustoleum hurt value?
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Use bar keepers with very fine steel wool
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I definitely wouldn't use a wire wheel on a porcelain sign, but just as Tankar said, 0000 steel wool and I always use Softscrub myself, and an ample supply of elbow grease!
Darin
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Sorry was in hurry to post reply. I was using car wax cleaner & looks/shines like new. Would wire wheel & paint on the ring/mount affect value?
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Definitely no problem cleaning up the frame and apply some paint to it, in my opinion. Especially if you're keeping it for your own collection. If the frame isn't "awful", I suppose you could keep it mostly "as is", if you feel the frame's patina still matches that of the cleaned-up sign. I would go by your own personal feeling when you view the sigh and frame as a unit. Either way, you're not impacting the overall value, as I see it. John
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Got a 8’ wide by 8’ 4” tall wall for this guy. Any pics or suggestions for mounting? Thinking about pallet boards on wall.
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