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Essential Details On Grandfather Clock Maintenance

By Sandra Williams


Owning a long cased clock is prestigious. However, whenever it is not well maintained, then this can make it lose its purpose and significance. To ensure that it gives quite a long service then you ought to keep it in check. If you do not want to incur the cost of a technician, then you can do the following to ensure grandfather clock maintenance.

Even though your room does not have the actual access to dust, sometimes it can be due to the furry clothing that people use. You thus need to keep cleaning off any dusty particles on either the inside or the outside of the watch. Make use of a soft a duster. You can as well use a feather to do the same dusting process. It is one of the best materials to use since it does not exert much weight on the delicate parts.

There are wooden parts used in the making process of a regulator. It should be dusted off as well on a duration of every two to three weeks. It should be waxed and polished thoroughly. Ensure that you make use of a soft cloth whenever you are doing the polishing. Avoid touching the glass parts and the face of the watch.

Make sure you also clean the glass part as well. This should be done using a cleaner that does not have any ammonia content in it. Apply the cleaner on a soft material then use it to do the dusting process. Make sure that you clean the big door that covers the pendulum and the small one as well.

After a duration of six to eight years, you may find out that there is so much dirt that has accumulated on the inner parts of the long cased timer. When you know nothing about this, then you should not dare to make any opening. Look for a specialist who can remove everything and still get it back the way it was after the cleaning. They should be skilled in such delicate matters.

After two years you may realize that the watch slows down in terms of movement. At such a point you can consider it wise to apply some oil on it in order to fasten its movement. The right oil must be bought from stores that are known to sell the long cased timers. Ensure that all the tools are inside the package for the oiling process.

There are certain oil kits that are trusted and recommended by the repair technicians. Ensure that you make use of these ones only since the use of a different one can cause you more harm than you thought. If you cannot get them, go back to such technicians and seek for a second opinion.

You need to be very careful whenever you are doing the actual oil application. The intersections of the plate and the gears are very delicate parts to deal with, and thus they need to be handled with much carefulness. At the end of it all, you will realize that your clock gets restored back into the normal functioning.




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