You have an amazing eye for colour Sara. I am also grateful that you take such a strong approach to setting up the underlying base for this work (car filler - I love it). Thank you, this is so very helpful for my restoration project.
Thank you so much for posting this video. When I watched your video, I immediately knew that the oval template and shellac black ink were the two items that I had been searching for for three years years. I now have a George Claridge of Chepstow dial from about 1820 that looks "right" and does not look restored! Just the result I was after. You are a star!!
Amazing work! You have a keen eye to detail and a master's control over the pen. So I glad I found your channel as I wanted to slightly restore some of my dials.
Thankyou so much for sharing your secrets. I have struggled to find anything about dial restoring. You do make it look so easy and i know that the blackwork is a real pain to get right.
Thankyou for such a good demo of restoring this beautiful face I can see you are a professional with many years of experience and so very interesting, can be scary at the thought of any parts of the image area vanishing,brings back memories of my apprenticeship as a lithographic platemaker when on rare occasions a part of the image would disappear due to a mistake made by me, but I had to learn the hard way. Thankyou. Jim from AUSTRALIA.
Thank you for this video! Can you give us the ammonia to water ratio? I'm currently looking to clean a late 18th century longcase. Not having a lot of luck online with what to use. Thank you.
Great video. True talent and outstanding skills. I have a similar dial that belongs to an English clock circa 1820 and wondering if you would be willing to restore it and how much you would charge. Thanks.
Hey Sara great video thanks...hey ps I have an 1890s Ansonia with paper dial and I guess gold colored copper outer rim and inner rim which has tarnished greenish copper color? Would you replace dial or clean up somehow?
My father was a draughtsman and i have his drawing instruments, some of which are ruling pens, could these be used for instance on a compass to draw the dial with black ink, instead of the rotring pen ?
Dear Sara, thanks for the upload. I would like to know the brand and type of the pens and ink, so that I can also buy it in the Netherlands. Thank you for an answer. With regards, Hans 👋👋
Looks absolutely perfect.i have an 1820 grandfather clock and would love the dial done if its possible do you have anyway i can contact you. Many thanks
To anybody watching this who is thinking of “having a crack” at their clock dial: be warned- this video is basically a great guide to *utterly destroying your dial*. Ammonia and metal polishes have the ability to obliterate an antique dial’s printed and/or hand-painted features, leaving you with a worthless clock. DO NOT DO THIS- pay a professional.
You have an amazing eye for colour Sara. I am also grateful that you take such a strong approach to setting up the underlying base for this work (car filler - I love it). Thank you, this is so very helpful for my restoration project.
Thank you so much for posting this video.
When I watched your video, I immediately knew that the oval template and shellac black ink were the two items that I had been searching for for three years years.
I now have a George Claridge of Chepstow dial from about 1820 that looks "right" and does not look restored!
Just the result I was after. You are a star!!
Amazing work! You have a keen eye to detail and a master's control over the pen. So I glad I found your channel as I wanted to slightly restore some of my dials.
Thankyou so much for sharing your secrets. I have struggled to find anything about dial restoring. You do make it look so easy and i know that the blackwork is a real pain to get right.
Excellent video. From someone such as me who used to repair and restore Long case clocks many years ago.
Your a true inspiration 😊,many thanks Charlie.
Well done this is very time consuming and precise job you are doing a fantastic job
Excellent. The compass work made me nervous due to the lack of reliable centres but the results speak for themselves. Thanks for sharing.
Super !! Your skill is a treat to watch !!
Truly a pleasure to watch a master work. Lovely result!
Thankyou for such a good demo of restoring this beautiful face I can see you are a professional with many years of experience and so very interesting, can be scary at the thought of any parts of the image area vanishing,brings back memories of my apprenticeship as a lithographic platemaker when on rare occasions a part of the image would disappear due to a mistake made by me, but I had to learn the hard way. Thankyou. Jim from AUSTRALIA.
Beautiful work Sara!
You do outstanding work! Please make more videos.
You're very talented - nice result without looking new.
Thank you! 😊
Brilliant well paced You are very talented
Very helpful video
Thanks for taking the time.
My pleasure!
Absolutely fantastic
bel lavoro! tutto perfetto.
Thank you for this video! Can you give us the ammonia to water ratio? I'm currently looking to clean a late 18th century longcase. Not having a lot of luck online with what to use. Thank you.
Bravo !!
Great video. True talent and outstanding skills. I have a similar dial that belongs to an English clock circa 1820 and wondering if you would be willing to restore it and how much you would charge. Thanks.
Hey Sara great video thanks...hey ps I have an 1890s Ansonia with paper dial and I guess gold colored copper outer rim and inner rim which has tarnished greenish copper color? Would you replace dial or clean up somehow?
My father was a draughtsman and i have his drawing instruments, some of which are ruling pens, could these be used for instance on a compass to draw the dial with black ink, instead of the rotring pen ?
Dear Sara,
thanks for the upload. I would like to know the brand and type of the pens and ink, so that I can also buy it in the Netherlands.
Thank you for an answer. With regards, Hans
👋👋
Looks absolutely perfect.i have an 1820 grandfather clock and would love the dial done if its possible do you have anyway i can contact you. Many thanks
To anybody watching this who is thinking of “having a crack” at their clock dial: be warned- this video is basically a great guide to *utterly destroying your dial*. Ammonia and metal polishes have the ability to obliterate an antique dial’s printed and/or hand-painted features, leaving you with a worthless clock. DO NOT DO THIS- pay a professional.
The finished dial looks fine. The ammonia is highly diluted.
and she's using oil paint. No metal polish is mentioned in the materials list.