Steamer Trunk Restoration Options

Steamer Trunks and Foot Locker Keepsakes can be restored and enjoyed with various options.

We first of all need to set aside similar items:

• Cedar Chest, all cedar lumber, sometimes metal wrappings: exterior only strip and refinish varnished items $500/850 typically $675 usually clear natural.
• Cedar/Hope Chest, veneered exterior: exterior only strip and refinish varnished items $700/1175 typically $940 usually stained and lacquered.
• Tool/Blanket Chest, all lumber, rustic, sometimes exterior metal strapping: exterior and interior strip and refinish varnished items $725/1210 typically $965 usually stained and lacquered, plus up-charge for any paint removal.

The typical trunk we are talking about was for shipping clothing, bedding and other personal effects. They are often called “Trunk Footlocker or Steamer Trunks”. They typically:

• Banded on outside with wood strips and metal connectors.
• Outsides between wood have stamped metal or canvas.
• Frequently have rust on the metal
• Heavy lock mechanisms for the lid
• Leather handles for the ends, often rotted away
• Interiors that have been covered with wallpaper looking material.
• Tops can be flat or camel-back crowned.
• Exterior wrappings are to be stripped and finished with clear lacquer. Textured metal sheeting frequently shows some original coloration in the metal stampings.
• Wood exterior wrappings are stripped, wiped with stain or left natural and clear lacquer.

= Exterior only strip and clear finish varnished items $575/960, averaging $675 plus repairs and interiors “as is” after moisture damage.

Options:

1. New leather handles require grinding away the current rivets etc. $200
2. Lid supports for kids play box type use $200
3. Interior paper removed during stripping, with some possible glue residue $150
4. Interior finished like exterior $240, whether upholstered or not to include inside lid
5. Interior ½” padded upholstery on semi-removable panels $750 with 3yard fabric, base only
6. Paint removal and cleanup extra.
7. ALL repairs quoted separately.

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