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Antique firearms collection vault
The following series of photographs was taken at the site of a recent project completed for a client in New York State near the foothills of the Berkshires. The client collects antique firearms and commissioned a custom gun vault to store his collection. Upon completion of the construction of this impressive "gun cabinet", he called upon a respected local painting contractor, Boibeaux Painting, for help in finishing the room. He wanted a warm antique look, so I was called in to assist.
The vault is 40' long, 6.5' wide and 8' high. It is paneled in tongue and groove pine with gun cabinets and shelving running the entire length of the room.
The paneling was sealed, then stained with an antique golden pine water based aniline dye, then coated with a dewaxed garnet shellac for a rich and warm antique hand-rubbed finish. The final process entailed a single coat of amber Butcher's wax to the entire room.
Vault door
Here is the entrance into the gun room.
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Unfinished vault
This is the room as it was when we started the project. All virgin lumber unsanded and untreated in anyway.
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Stained panels
This is a view through the vault door showing the progress of the staining phase of the project.
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Sealer and stain
Here is a look at the room once the sealing and staining process had been completed.
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Shellac
Here you see the first application of shellac finish. Note the beginnings of the warm, polished look of the paneling.
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Finished
This is an end-to-end view of the room with the shellac finish applied. At this point, the only thing left to do was apply a top coat of amber Butcher's wax and rub it down one final time.
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Really fun project for a very nice guy.
Although this was not one of our typical projects, it provided an opportunity to apply an antique shellac finish on a very large scale. As you can see, the results were beautiful.
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