18th Century Painted Chest

[talesofthesevenseas]

WOW! That would be scary! I guess we should all carry a window bashing brick in the car, or know how to spring the trunk from the inside. I understand modern cars are supposed to be equipped so that you can get out of the trunk if someone were to attempt to lock you in it, but I have never tried it.

[hosman321]

Found my black light, nothing on it glows. Then again, I used it on several new painted items and none of them glowed either. :/

[jacon4]

Did you use it at night in a dark room?

[ghopper1924]

ECU = European Commun Union = messed up onboard computer?

[KC]

Kinda of a take-off of a previous comment....and related to this.

Hope Chests are still carried  down through families (we still have ours), etc.

Unfortunately, many a child has climbed into them, gotten locked in and suffocated.  As a result, companies still in business offer replacement locks for them...for FREE.  Here is the link (with explanation and form to apply for the free lock) for Lane and Virginia Maid.  We got our years ago. ( However, if you can even get a leg into ours it would be a miracle they are so full of stuff!!!!!)
http://www.lanefurniture.com/CustomerService/Lock-Replacement.aspx

[hosman321]

I did use it in a dark room but maybe I need someone else to do it and stand back and look rather than being up close. Would be nice if I could right now but last night my husband accidentally broke my only black light bulb. :/

[jacon4]

Well, i would say your chest looks to be original paint, the black light would show more recent in painting of whatever decoration is there.