Stripping a painted iron railing is the only honest way to find out what you have. Here is the full restoration process for wrought iron railings, gates, and ornamental ironwork, from survey and paint removal through forge repairs, priming, and the code question on stair railings.
For architectural cast iron, the real choice is rarely restore versus replace on price. It is restore, or lose the original for good. Five questions decide it, and this guide is honest about the cases where replacement is the right call.
In 2015, Metal Man Restoration restored the wrought iron front entrance of The Admaston at 251 West 89th Street in Manhattan, stripping a century of paint and rebuilding deep pitting and rot back to a sound, smooth profile.
In 2015, Metal Man Restoration restored the three front bronze entrances and light fixtures at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul in Hempstead, re-casting finials and matching the patina first applied in 1959.
In 2014, Metal Man Restoration refinished the 1851 bronze sanctuary doors at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in NYC: an on-site, two-week strip, refinish, and re-seal once the clear coat had run its course.
Landmark metal work runs on a different clock than ordinary building repair. Here is the whole sequence, from finding out if your building is designated through approvals, survey, shop work, and what happens after the scaffold comes down.
In 2014, Metal Man Restoration restored the 1843 bronze entrance doors at the Franciscan Church of the Assumption in Syracuse, re-casting missing finials and matching the doors’ original oxidized patina after more than 150 years.
For the adaptive reuse of the former Jersey City Medical Center into The Beacon, Metal Man Restoration restored bronze and steel windows, bronze entranceways, and a cast iron canopy, and fabricated matching radiator grilles and railings.
Restoring an antique chandelier means more than a polish. It means careful disassembly, the right finish for the metal, and rewiring to the NYC Electrical Code. Here is how it works.
Metal Man Restoration cleaned and preserved the aluminum and stainless steel trim across the Art Deco facade of Syracuse’s Niagara Mohawk Building, untouched since the 1970s, from suspended scaffolding around the whole building.
Metal Man Restoration restored the Art Deco metalwork at Philadelphia’s U.S. Custom House: 400 steel casement windows plus all exterior aluminum and stainless steel, over two and a half years with Painters Union Local 21.
In 2009, Metal Man Restoration restored 27 cast iron windows at Yale University’s Harkness Tower: chemical stripping, bead blasting, welding, and a long-lasting TNEMEC coating system.
At Metal Man Restoration LLC, we understand the importance of metal restoration projects.
That’s why we offer our customers the unique opportunity to Ask The Metal Man – our team of experienced craftspeople who are dedicated to answering any questions you may have about refinishing, painting and staining, polishing, plating, electroplating, chandelier/lighting restoration, and more.
Contact us today for more information! Let’s get your metal restoration project started – Ask The Metal Man now!
