Imperfections never! It takes a long time for brass to get a nice warm patina. I personally would never polish a brass horn or at least it would have to be pretty bad. If I did I would be very careful and do so sparingly. You may not even like the color! That however was not the questioned asked. I like Mother's. If it's good enough for Red, Bighouse and Eddie to use on their Harley's it good enough for me....
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Imperfections? What imperfections? :) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Stitt <[email protected]> > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 4:52 pm > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > > > > > > I leave them alone. If you do polish you will see all the imperfections. > oldcranky > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 1:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, these instrument repair guys straighten, remove dents, etc. All > > included in the price. They even lacquer the brass after polishing > it...for > > those big 54" > > ?horns it means many, many years before they'll need attention again. > Some > > collectors don't like the highly polished original look - - they prefer a > > somewhat aged appearance, and I respect that. I have a few horns that I > > prefer that way myself. But if you want that brass to look as good as it > > can, there's nothing like a professional job. > > > > George P. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 2:43 pm > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a very big brass horn that needs to have some small dents taken > out > > before being polished, would the same refurbisher handle this task as > well? > > I > > would love to bring this ancient horn back to life and use it with my > > Edison > > Home A Suitcase model. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:25:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > I take mine to a professional refurbisher of brass band instruments.? In > > the > > summers, he's often busy with school instruments, but during the fall and > > winter > > is a better time.? I've spent 4-5 hours working on the bell of a 42" > horn, > > only > > to take a similar horn to the refurbisher and have it look much better > for > > $80.00.? For my money/time, there's no question of which is the better > > route.? > > Check your yellow pages, and good luck! > > > > George P. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:40 am > > Subject: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have several original brass bell horns that are in need of being > brought > > back to life. The brass is dull. What do you experts recommend in getting > a > > nice bright shine back? Thanks much. > > > > Brantley > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > From [email protected] Sat Jan 24 17:27:53 2009 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Sat Jan 24 17:28:09 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine Message-ID: <[email protected]> Thanks so much to all for your responses on getting those bells shined. You know, I have decided to leave them as they are. After all, these are antiques, and really look nice the way they are. I find myself trying to shoot here and there for perfection and here and there for every darn original part. This here and there stuff really takes away from my valuable time to enjoy my collection for what it is...90 plus year old phonographs that look and perform better than any 90 year old that I know of. Hey, I just turned 50. I need to chill and not take this hobby so serious. You guys are great. Thanks again and have a fantastic weekend! PS - Harvey, thanks for all of your valuable information and help! Brantley Williston, S.C. From [email protected] Sat Jan 24 18:42:47 2009 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Sat Jan 24 18:43:11 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <1534285183.617841232826215613.javamail.r...@sz0019a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net><[email protected]><[email protected]><[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Mike, That's exactly where I learned about Mother's: bikers were telling me that's what I should be using on my Harley. They were right - it's great stuff. By the way, several months ago I stumbled upon an unusual nickle-plated Tea Tray Company flower horn with floral interior decorations. I don't recall ever seeing a nickled TTCo horn before.? Anyway, someone - for some reason - had covered the interior of the horn with a brown translucent wash of some sort. I experimented with lacquer thinner, alcohol solvent, and some other solvents to determine what the wash was, but nothing seemed to touch it. Of course, I wasn't going to use anything that would dissolve the interior decoration... Consequently, the horn has just been sitting around because I wasn't sure what to do with it. This afternoon I was cleaning a another nickled horn for someone else, and I was using "Nevr-Dull" (as mentioned by Walt in an earlier posting). It suddenly occurred to me that Nevr-Dull had not been tried on the brown wash. Hooray!? It takes some elbow grease, but it slowly removes the wash and doesn't harm the flowers/leaves.? I'll be working on this to morrow (if my hands recover from this afternoon!).? If you're interested, I'll be posting a few photos on the Antique Talking Machine Message Board: http://victrolagramophones.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk Only a bit of deep interior plus the end of one panel (with a painted flower) has been cleaned with Nevr-Dull. Once this horn has been brought back to life, I'll post a photo at the same site. The final step will be a treatment with Mother's! George P. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Stitt <[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 7:54 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine Imperfections never! It takes a long time for brass to get a nice warm patina. I personally would never polish a brass horn or at least it would have to be pretty bad. If I did I would be very careful and do so sparingly. You may not even like the color! That however was not the questioned asked. I like Mother's. If it's good enough for Red, Bighouse and Eddie to use on their Harley's it good enough for me.... On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Imperfections? What imperfections? :) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Stitt <[email protected]> > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 4:52 pm > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > > > > > > I leave them alone. If you do polish you will see all the imperfections. > oldcranky > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 1:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, these instrument repair guys straighten, remove dents, etc. All > > included in the price. They even lacquer the brass after polishing > it...for > > those big 54" > > ?horns it means many, many years before they'll need attention again. > Some > > collectors don't like the highly polished original look - - they prefer a > > somewhat aged appearance, and I respect that. I have a few horns that I > > prefer that way myself. But if you want that brass to look as good as it > > can, there's nothing like a professional job. > > > > George P. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 2:43 pm > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a very big brass horn that needs to have some small dents taken > out > > before being polished, would the same refurbisher handle this task as > well? > > I > > would love to bring this ancient horn back to life and use it with my > > Edison > > Home A Suitcase model. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:25:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > I take mine to a professional refurbisher of brass band instruments.? In > > the > > summers, he's often busy with school instruments, but during the fall and > > winter > > is a better time.? I've spent 4-5 hours working on the bell of a 42" > horn, > > only > > to take a similar horn to the refurbisher and have it look much better > for > > $80.00.? For my money/time, there's no question of which is the better > > route.? > > Check your yellow pages, and good luck! > > > > George P. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:40 am > > Subject: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have several original brass bell horns that are in need of being > brought > > back to life. The brass is dull. What do you experts recommend in getting > a > > nice bright shine back? Thanks much. > > > > Brantley > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
