G.T.D. Construction Inc.

Carriage part 6

After many hours of hard work this beautiful piece of history was preserved. It's going to be featured in the 24th of July Parade in Salt Lake City. After the final sanding the wood was stained a light oak color, and looks just beautiful with the black metal. Ben was really happy with the finished product. And that's all that really mattered to us.:) I couldn't find any pictures with the brass gas lanterns! We put those on last. When I find them I'll post. Because they really do finish the whole look.

Carriage job part 5

At first we thought we'd have to recoat all the brass fixtures, but thankfully a little bit of elbow grease and some good polish did the trick.

Beautiful Brass!

Carriage job part 4

A little black paint goes a long way. The owner wanted all the metal to be painted black. So every piece of metal was individually painted. Including every nut and bolt!

carriage restoration part 3

These are pictures of how we suspendend the carriage in the air so we could refinish the under side. And some picures of how everything had to be taped and masked off to protect the wood durring sandblasting and painting.

Carriage job part 2

Everything on the carriage was carfuly taken appart and cataloged so it would go back together without any spare parts.:)
These are pictures of the carriage disasembled before everything was taped and masked off to be sand blasted.

Carriage restoration Job Part 1

We've been hired to restore a beautiful carriage from the 1870's! Everything is original as far as the wood and metal. The owner Ben Day did his best to get the Muroon paint off of the wood and metal. But it soon became apparent to him that it was going to take more than a little sand paper. My parents brought the carriage down on a trailer from Northern Utah and it's about to spend 4 months in our garage.
Over those 4 months Stan will Sand blast, strip and sand for what seems like forever. Here are the pictures of what the Carriage looked like when it came into our hands.
I also added some pictures of what the interior looks like. It's not original. Probably redone sometime in the 1970's. I'm so glad they didn't pick some kind of retro color.