We often pass up these old metal covered trunks that have been painted. For some odd reason we just don’t get much of a kick out of using paint stripper.

Laura Balliet braced herself and went for it. Nice work! An unsolicited quote is always nice at a time like this: Thank you for the awesome supplies and advice from Brettuns Village to get me through this project. It’s my first attempt at giving new life to these trunks. I picked this trunk up for $10 and since it was in pretty rough shape, I figured I should try and tackle it as my first. That way, if I messed up, I knew I couldn’t make it worse than the condition I purchased it. The tray I built new because, although included, the original didn’t seem repairable. Because the canvas was pretty much intact, I chose to strip the old blue and brown paint and repaint it with a couple coats of white. The leather, lock, hinges, feet, and clinch nails all came courtesy of your site. All in all, I spent about 40-60 hours on it with time dedicated here and there since last October. I’m looking forward to getting better at this with each “new” trunk I can find around town. This one definitely had a lot of lessons learned.

Thanks!  Laura