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| Manxmodder:
Hi Modders, I have a couple of ideas I'd like to run by you guys to see if anyone has a better solution. A close friend of mine who I help with engineering matters has a water mill with the wheel driving 3 phase alternators feeding in to the grid on feed in tariff. The wheel is obviously outside,but the generation side and old mill equipment is all in the mill building. Inside the mill there are a number of old redundant iron bevel gears from the original grain milling machinery(approx 3 foot dia) which said friend wishes to keep as part of a static display for posterity. We were discussing what would be the most suitable product to put a period finish on the old gears and I have suggested using colloidal stove blackening (Zeebrite) and burnishing it up to give a graphite black sheen. I have never used Zeebrite type blacking before so wondered what your experiences were with it. We have ruled out using any type of paint as it would be too uniform/perfect for the effect we're trying to attain. Another thought crossed my mind that I could make my own effective graphite blacking compound by using shoe polish/dubbing wax and finely powdered graphite. What do you guys reckon?......OZ. |
| Fergus OMore:
Shades of Charles Dickens, perhaps? :lol: |
| Manxmodder:
Cheers for that,it's a great help. Perhaps I shouldn't have bothered. |
| doubleboost:
I use powdered graphite mixed with olive oil on my wood burner Much cheaper than commercial blacking compounds It works great John |
| Manxmodder:
Thanks John :thumbup: I've got a half bottle of olive oil that's past its use by date so I'll powder up some graphite in the mortar and pestle and give that a go on my own wood stove for a trial. I'm guessing you keep a stock of graphite powder for facing your sand molds.....OZ. |
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