Restoring old crates.

Mike Dodd Ian Boskett Mike Wathen and Wayne Finch are creating a new display in the Museum coach ,entitled, delivering the goods, a display highlighting the work of the railway goods services.

Over the years I have purchased, local wooden crates,  and over their long life  they have acquired the grey, faded patina of age.

They needed refreshing, if it was possible.

The printing on this crate had faded badly, it would seem that the only thing that could be done was to re-ink what remained.

Using a permanent builders marker pen, I set to, and started to fill in the existing type, however, because the wood was absorbent the ink started to bleed so I sprayed some varnish to make the wood non absorbent, after that the bleeding stopped and I got a good result.