Recent restoration

[STEVE S.]

Recently finished up this original A2 restoration. Jacket must have belonged to a painter as there were literally several hundred paint splatter specs on it. Spent a few days cleaning the paint off & conditioning it, as it was also pretty dry & stiff before replacing the missing liner & a new set of knits.

 

[CBI]

nicely done!!!

 

[mulceber]

Great work on that one. Dubow?

 

[Flightengineer]

Amazing work!
May I ask what you used to remove the old paint?

 

[P-47 thunderbolt]

Looks great

 

[ES335]

Nice work. Why is it, that so many saw these jackets as suitable house painting wear? Sheesh!

 

[ausreenactor]

Recently finished up this original A2 restoration. Jacket must have belonged to a painter as there were literally several hundred paint splatter specs on it. Spent a few days cleaning the paint off & conditioning it, as it was also pretty dry & stiff before replacing the missing liner & a new set of knits.
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This is why you get the referrals if anyone asks who can get a job done at the highest standard!

 

[Lorenzo_l]

Outstanding work, Steve. You've just brought an original back to life. Looks a lot like a Dubow from here...

 

[Flightengineer]

Nice work. Why is it, that so many saw these jackets as suitable house painting wear? Sheesh!

It was with any uniform piece at afterwar time,
immediately after the war it was simply available and inexpensive and probably many (vets and not only) use it as a change of clothes. The same fate was for many field jackets from M43 to M65 from Vietnam era.
They became collectible expensive items much later.

 

[STEVE S.]

This is why you get the referrals if anyone asks who can get a job done at the highest standard!

thanks!

 

[STEVE S.]

Amazing work!
May I ask what you used to remove the old paint?

a few different methods dependingon the kind of paint I was dealing with. Most were popped off with the point of an exacto knife, some simply hit with a few strokes of a pencil eraser.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

That's a great result and really brought one unloved A-2 back to life. Nicely done Steve.

 

[blackrat2]

That’s a great piece of restoration Steve, does the jacket fit you or was it purchased with a view to preserving the jacket

 

[flyincowboy]

Awesome . Like the way its been done . Congratulations.

 

[Brylcreemer]

Great work. Can I ask what you use to unstiffen the leather?

 

[Silver Surfer]

Outfriggnstanding!

 

[warguy]

Spectacular work Steve! “Hey hon, where’s my USMC fogskin pants and A2 jacket, the house needs a paintin‘ and I don’t want to mess up my new fruit of the loom t-shirt!”

 

[Flightengineer]

Dubow?

 

[Brettafett]

Im sure its a Dubow.

 

[Grant]

As usual, amazing work Steve!!!