ROCKING HORSE RESTORATION

BY

SALLYS ROCKING HORSES Ltd

SALLYS ROCKING HORSES Ltd - UK EBAY SHOP

SALLYS ROCKING HORSES Ltd - AMERICAN EBAY STORE

IF YOU OWN A ROCKING HORSE WHO YOU THINK HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS, IT IS VERY TEMPTING TO GIVE HIM A QUICK LICK OF PAINT TO CHEER HIM UP. BUT, THINK AGAIN. SOME OF THESE HORSES MAY LOOK TATTY, BUT THEY MAY ALSO BE ORIGINAL AND PAINTING THEM MAY SERIOUSLY DECREASE THEIR VALUE.

THE HORSE SHOWN BELOW WAS IN A VERY SORRY STATE WHEN HE ARRIVED WITH US. SOMEONE HAS RESTORED HIM, GIVING HIM NEW PAINT, SADDLE AND BRIDLE.

WHEN WE STRIPPED HIS SADDLE AND BRIDLE OFF, WE FOUND THAT UNDERNEATH THIS PAINTWORK, WE FOUND HIS ORIGINAL PAINTWORK. JUST LOOK AT THE SAME HORSE AFTER HE HAD BEEN STRIPPED AND HAD A MORE SYMPATHETIC RESTORATION!!

IT IS WELL WORTH SEEKING ADVICE BEFORE OPENING THAT PAINT TIN!!

ANOTHER THING TO BE WARY OF. IF YOU ARE THINKING OF TAKING YOUR HORSE TO A PROFFESSIONAL ROCKING HORSE RESTORER, DO BEWARE. THERE ARE A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OUT THEIR WHO MAY MAKE A HANDFUL OF ROCKING HORSES EACH  YEAR, BUT HAVE NO EXPERIENCE OF RESTORING AN ANTIQUE.

SO DO TAKE YOU TIME, ASK TO SEE EXAMPLES OF OTHER HORSES THEY HAVE RESTORED, AND ASK THEM FOR A BREAK DOWN OF WHAT WORK THEY WILL BE CARRYING OUT.

DO ALSO ASK THEM FOR A FIXED PRICE. ONE OR TWO HORROR STORIES INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN VERBAL QUOTES OF AROUND £500, ONLY TO FIND THAT WHEN THEY GO TO COLLECT THEIR HORSE, THE PRICE HAS RISEN TO WELL OVER £1000.

RESTORERS NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY WILL UNCOVER WHEN THEY START TO RESTORE YOUR HORSE, BUT THEY SHOULD CONTACT YOU AND SAY THAT THERE IS EXTRA WORK INVOLVED BEFORE THEY START WORK!!