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1071bob
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Posted: Sunday April 27th, 2008 10:41 pm |
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Alasdair Brass wrote:
To give iron ornaments a black-brown to black color, proceed in the following manner: The articles are treated with corrosives, cleaned of all adhering grease, and placed in a 10 per cent solution of potassium bichromate, dried in the air, and finally held over an open, well-glowing, non-sooting fire for 2 minutes. The first coloring is usually black brown, but if this process is repeated several times, a pure black shade is obtained. Special attention has to be paid to removing all grease, otherwise the greasy spots will not be touched by the liquid, and the coloring produced will become irregular. Benzine is employed for that purpose and the articles must not be touched with the fingers afterwards.
Blimey Alasdair, I think I need a few more beers to understand that 
regards Bob [sober at present]
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ka2s4
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Posted: Monday April 28th, 2008 05:03 am |
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| Hmmm... My Chemistry degree may be put to some use yet
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tim64
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Posted: Thursday May 1st, 2008 06:02 pm |
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ka2s4 wrote:
Hi 
Does anyone know if the screws in the heater are bright like this, or black?
James
Abit more info, just checked the parts book and it shows the demister side cheeks as being held on by the same screws used on the heater body ,ie zinc plated finish, cheers Tim
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ka2s4
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Posted: Saturday May 3rd, 2008 12:08 pm |
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Thanks Tim.
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Gray
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Posted: Saturday May 3rd, 2008 03:31 pm |
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| Japan black is a commonly found finish in UK hardware stores. Gray
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ka2s4
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Posted: Friday May 9th, 2008 10:21 am |
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That's better
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ka2s4
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Posted: Friday May 9th, 2008 10:23 am |
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I've worked out a wee cheat to stop the rear cards from tearing like this where they go past the corner where the ash tray sits.
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ka2s4
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Posted: Friday May 9th, 2008 10:24 am |
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I cut out 4 pieces of felt and glued them together like this.Attachment: IMG_7703.JPG (Downloaded 60 times)
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ka2s4
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Posted: Friday May 9th, 2008 10:26 am |
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| And this is the finished card in place, it is an original one so they get quite weak and torn at this point, i have glued the torn card at the back to strengthen it. Attachment: IMG_7700.JPG (Downloaded 59 times)
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mk1
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Posted: Friday May 9th, 2008 12:25 pm |
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Looking good!
Not long to go now :-)
M.
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