Care & Repair
Find the links to help you care for or repair your collectibles and antiques.
What Causes Small Pepper Spots on Cookie Jars?
Pepper spots or black spots on your cookie jar and pottery? What causes them?
Pepper spots or black spots on your cookie jar and pottery? What causes them?
Large Black Dots on Pottery - Can you help?
Can you answer the question - what are these spots?
Can you answer the question - what are these spots?
Spots on Pottery - Can you help?
What are these spots on a pottery piece of Little Red Riding Hood.
What are these spots on a pottery piece of Little Red Riding Hood.
Taking Care of Glass Ornaments
Learn the best way to take care your glass ornaments, how to store and showcase your fragile glass.
Learn the best way to take care your glass ornaments, how to store and showcase your fragile glass.
Quakehold - Prevention is the Best Cure
You don't have to live in an earthquake prone area to love Trevco's Quakehold. With hundreds of breakables around the house, it doesn't always take an earthquake to shake them up. A slammed door, an accidental bump or a too vigorous dusting can cause a treasure to fall off the shelves.
You don't have to live in an earthquake prone area to love Trevco's Quakehold. With hundreds of breakables around the house, it doesn't always take an earthquake to shake them up. A slammed door, an accidental bump or a too vigorous dusting can cause a treasure to fall off the shelves.
Give Me a Break
Pottery restoration and repair has always seemed like magic to the casual collector. How can someone take a broken, shattered piece of pottery, and make it look like new again? Joan Riba of shares some of her restoration and repair experience with cookie jar and pottery collectors in this article originally written in June 1998..
Pottery restoration and repair has always seemed like magic to the casual collector. How can someone take a broken, shattered piece of pottery, and make it look like new again? Joan Riba of shares some of her restoration and repair experience with cookie jar and pottery collectors in this article originally written in June 1998..
Cleaning Your Vintage Tin Toys
Learn how to clean those vintage tin toys..
Learn how to clean those vintage tin toys..
Taking Care of Glass Ornaments
Connie Porcher shares her tips on taking care of those fragile antique and glass ornaments.
Connie Porcher shares her tips on taking care of those fragile antique and glass ornaments.
Taking Care of Tin Toys
Toys require almost no care, it is possible to put a little oil on the springs -- Three-in-One oil is the best.
Toys require almost no care, it is possible to put a little oil on the springs -- Three-in-One oil is the best.
More Storage Necessities for Taking Good Care of Your Collectibles
You've got the right storage boxes and ready to pack up your precious antiques and collectibles, but what else do you need?
You've got the right storage boxes and ready to pack up your precious antiques and collectibles, but what else do you need?
Joan Riba, Give Me A Break
Restoration and repair has always seemed like magic to the casual collector. How can someone take a broken, shattered piece of pottery, then make it look like new again?
Restoration and repair has always seemed like magic to the casual collector. How can someone take a broken, shattered piece of pottery, then make it look like new again?
Secure Your Collectibles
Find out more about these Trevco Products and how they can save or protect your breakables.
Find out more about these Trevco Products and how they can save or protect your breakables.
Boehm Porcelain Restoration Services
Do you have a piece of Boehm Porcelain that needs help? Go to the source to get the help or restoration needed for your porcelain pieces.
Do you have a piece of Boehm Porcelain that needs help? Go to the source to get the help or restoration needed for your porcelain pieces.
Classic Tin Toy
Restoration services for tin toys, with pictorial index of how it's done.
Restoration services for tin toys, with pictorial index of how it's done.
Dealing with Water Damage
A special series by Harry Rinker dealing with damages caused by floods, storms and other water damage. Rinker says "The key is to prepare for disaster before it happens, not after it occurs."
A special series by Harry Rinker dealing with damages caused by floods, storms and other water damage. Rinker says "The key is to prepare for disaster before it happens, not after it occurs."
Digital Photography Techniques
This is an excellent how-to on photographing fishing lures, but would be excellent for any small items.
This is an excellent how-to on photographing fishing lures, but would be excellent for any small items.
Gimme a Break!
Joan Riba's Repair & Restoration for pottery pieces. Before and after pieces are shown.
Joan Riba's Repair & Restoration for pottery pieces. Before and after pieces are shown.
Golberg Restoration Company
They provide "invisible" and museum quality restoration and conservation services for arts, antiques, antiquities, and collectibles. Golbergs' works with porcelain, china, paintings, ivory, stone, enamel, wood and other materials
They provide "invisible" and museum quality restoration and conservation services for arts, antiques, antiquities, and collectibles. Golbergs' works with porcelain, china, paintings, ivory, stone, enamel, wood and other materials
Hardware Restorations
Information about locks, vintages items and reproduction hardware.
Information about locks, vintages items and reproduction hardware.
Hobby Airbrushes
Supplies for restoration and repairs.
Supplies for restoration and repairs.
Repairing Robots -- Battery Operated
Warning, Proceed at your own risk!
Warning, Proceed at your own risk!
Restoration of Cardboard Boxes
This article is specifically for fishing lure collectors and the repair of lure boxes. But as in any good resource article, the tips and advice can be used by many others.
This article is specifically for fishing lure collectors and the repair of lure boxes. But as in any good resource article, the tips and advice can be used by many others.
Robot Care Tips
This information would be good for any type of tin collectible! Be sure to explore the rest of this excellent web site on Robots!
This information would be good for any type of tin collectible! Be sure to explore the rest of this excellent web site on Robots!