Darrick found the great door we are using for the office door. It is going to look incredible when the Trophy Room is finished. You get to the Office through the Trophy Room. There were just two issues. There was a peephole and we didn't want one and there was the hole for a deadbolt and we won't have one.
On our trip to North Carolina this fall we were wandering the streets of a quaint little town before dinner one evening and wandered into an antique store. Lo, and behold Bill found the answer to the peephole problem. He thought his treasure was cool and then when I suggested to use it on the door he became very excited. He had found a pistol door knocker. They said it was an antique. I don't know about that it was pretty shiny.
Took care of the shiny proplem with vinegar and water. That ate away the shiny coating and exposed the brass. Then I soaked it in a salt water solution and that started the antiquing process.
After those two steps then I rubbed a brown stain onto it. Then cleaned the stain off everything except the grooves.
Super cool door knocker for a door in a Trophy Room. When we bring souvenirs back from trips they aren't the usual collectible spoons.
The dead bolt problem was taken care of with a Bronzed plate. The door looks pretty good. The door will be stained once Bill has chosen what stain he wants to use in his Trophy Room.
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