New to me toolboard care

[Zrxrunner]

Just got hooked up on these from a fellow estate sale buddy!! Traded for a big stanley bailey plane. Question is...they will be hanging in my shop, which is prone to humidity and cold. Recomendations for any care or sealing i should do to keep em in good shape and color for long time to come? Also, see the labels are crisp and peeling a bit. Can i do anything to get them stuck back down without damaging them further? Thanks!!

 

[jwilson645]

Oooooooh.....I love the body hammer board.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Also, see the labels are crisp and peeling a bit. Can i do anything to get them stuck back down without damaging them further?

With the caveat and grain-of-salt caution that my boards are much older with a different texture wood and metal signage, no stickers, I have done some sticker repair and preservation on toolboxes, which might be close to that smooth, shiny veneer. I diluted house glue with water and used just the barest smidge to basically hold the stickers down while I clear-coated them with acrylic. Do NOT use polyurethane. Its oils will turn all those white letters yellow.

Also, that Proto Indy 500 sticker is freaking awesome.

 

[Farmer J.]

What Lugz said. Water based acrylic clear varnish worked well on some old wooden sign boards I have.