Limewood
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We were lucky to get a very old Qantas 767 half trolley that was bruised and battered from thousands of flights and going to the tip, it had dents, scratches, the ice tray was stuck in, one wheel wonky and the aluminium surround shot, sides all scratched and marked and had no internal trays. It still has all the Qantas markings, one impregnated on door opener surround and on various plates plus a serial number.
Time for action, beat out the big dents, took it too a specialist but was unable to grind off the corner marks due to the anodised coating, and acid washing out of the question, so found the right silver paint for it, cleaned it up best we could and now smooth as a baby’s bum, for the blue the inner panels purchased a roll of fine checker plate material from overseas, added two trays - waiting on some QF stickers for sides. It has kept its patina and really looks excellent. While we have a real large bar in our abode this is a novelty talking point and all who have seen it including a number of Qantas friends all want one, they are however very hard to come by.
This is the result…
before and after
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Time for action, beat out the big dents, took it too a specialist but was unable to grind off the corner marks due to the anodised coating, and acid washing out of the question, so found the right silver paint for it, cleaned it up best we could and now smooth as a baby’s bum, for the blue the inner panels purchased a roll of fine checker plate material from overseas, added two trays - waiting on some QF stickers for sides. It has kept its patina and really looks excellent. While we have a real large bar in our abode this is a novelty talking point and all who have seen it including a number of Qantas friends all want one, they are however very hard to come by.
This is the result…
before and after
View attachment 30329View attachment 30330
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