Materials

  • Brass
  • Glass
  • Rubber O-ring

Processes

  • Cleaning
  • Sealing
  • Coating
porthole

This porthole, formerly from a ship, is a window in the bathroom of a home that looks out over the sea. The porthole required new seals, repair, extensive cleaning, and elbow grease!

a good scrub down

This porthole had a good scrub down. I had to remove the old lacquer and the discoloured brass underneath. Usually, 5 to 10 years is the limit for lacquer to keep brass bright before it needs renewal.

protective coating

The porthole got a protective coating because it served as a window in my client's bathroom, and there's no easy access to polish it. An unknown acid had etched the glass; thus, I ordered a new glass. Unfortunately, like everything nowadays, finding a glass shop that still has plate glass and will do odd jobs is getting more challenging. Plate glass is different from laminated or tempered. Its thickness is critical to the proper fit of gaskets within the porthole.

Final Results

A new glass, a new gasket, and a specially made size of O-rings finished this porthole, ready to return to a bathroom that looks out over the sea.

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