There does not appear to be any mechanism that controls the tilt of the chair.Does anyone know exactly what that material is? What would be a suitable replacement? Does anyone know if the towel 'cartridge' used in these units is still made? You might be able to see in the photo that the material on the wooden dowel used to provide friction to feed the headrest covers is cracked.What was the original color and texture? It doesn't seem like it was ever nickeled. Note the uniform dull grey color of the sides of the headrest.And if you wanted to have it re-nickeled, removing the paint would be the least difficult part of the job? I would not think it would reduce the collectible value as it is reversible. Has anyone tried using something like Dupli-Color Silver Engine Paint on it as a stopgap measure? I would think it would display OK and would stop rust. As with most old chairs, the part that received the most abuse - the footrests, have had most of the nickel plating wear off.Does anyone know if the original fabric was leather or a type of vinyl? So good, I can't imagine it's original - but it doesn't seem to be recent. The green fabric is in excellent condition.Some of the porcellain is worn dull, it there anything short of getting it recoated to making it shine again?.Does this model come with a braking or locking mechanism?

Pulling back on the handle does nothing and looking at it, it doesn't seem like it ever did. There does not seem to be any 'brake' on the chair as far as stopping sideways spin is concerned.But I did have some questions which the pictures will hopefully be helpful to you in answering: The chair itself is rock solid with little corrosion. It made a gurgling noise when I cranked it halfway up, so I added some 30 weight oil and that works now (although I initially overfilled it and it started leaking oil). As you can see, the chair is in REALLY good condition already.

Koken barber chair models