Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Copper Pot Spiffed Up

Last weekend when I was out garage-saling, I found this copper tub.  I paid $10 for it.  To say I was excited is a little bit of an understatement.  :)

My husband started to clean it up.  Now, I'm torn here.  I LOVED the patina, but it was really dirty and I did want to use it in the house...  So I'm sure some of you will think we are completely crazy, but we cleaned it up. 

I used Bar Keepers Friend and a blue scrubby.  In the cracks and dents I used a toothbrush with Bar Keepers Friend sprinkled on it.



After it was all clean, I used a microfiber cloth and put Brasso on it.



Now I have a place in my laundry room for dirty towels.  I used to have an Ikea laundry basket, and like this 100% better!! 




I did not get to the lid yet.  It is made out of steel, so will now look quite different than the tub.
I may move it to the family room and put blankets in it.  Right now I'm loving it here.
Thanks for your visit!
Pam


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21 comments:

  1. Maybe I'm crazy too, but I like the shiny version. There's just something about copper.

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  2. Love that idea of in the laundry room! I have one I got from my mom and have a fern sitting in it on my front porch but was trying to figure out what I would do with it this winter. I might be stealing that idea! You scored on that find! Traci

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  3. OMG, Pam...I'm drooling over that copper pot! What a lovely find!!!

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  4. Oh my it really was copper under all that crud. Wow did that clean up nice, and you found a great spot for it. My SIL is a house keeper and swears by barkeepers.

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  6. I tend to use a lot of Brasso on my finds ...

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  7. Wow! You got a deal! I use Bar Keepers on a lot of things. Great product. In your laundry room, I see a miniature screen door that I just love. Do you remember where you got that?

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  8. That copper tub was a great price at 10 dollars. It looks great all cleaned up.

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  9. How beautiful it looks! A lot of work but so worth it. You have inspired me to get my copper boiler out and clean it up!! Today! Thank you...

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  10. You did a great clean up job. The pail looks great and it's worth a lot too. Enjoy it!

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  11. That tub is incredible. What a find!

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  12. When I used to go antiquing with my Grandma, she always called these copper boilers. I just looked them up, and they were used by placing them over two burners on the old stove and boiling water for all kinds of general household purposes (including canning). This is what they used before people had hot water heaters! Anyway, what a wonderful find! And $10 is unbelievable! It's beautiful! -- Min

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  13. Hi, I have been MIA for awhile but found your bog...I own a Consignment Shop and have a copper pot just like yours. On ebay it is quite expensive! I have mine priced at $95.00, so yours was a fantastic buy! BRAVO!!!! I love what you did with it!
    Blessings My Friend,

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  14. Wow! What a bargain. I have sold a couple of these for $75 each. I have one in my family room full of magazines. I love the idea of using it in the laundry room!

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