VV, In my post I said we heated the parts. Warm is the better word. The solution seemed "to take" better when the parts were warm to the touch. As I recall. MS
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Vinyl Visions <[email protected]>wrote: > > If you go to a sporting store that sells guns and supplies, "Super Blue" > (not Perma Blue) works great for oxidizing parts and no heating is > necessary. It works great for aging back steel parts after cleaning off rust > and buffing them. It also ages brass... > > > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 19:43:32 -0800 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor R > > > > Gosh am I in trouble. Brice and I did my R years ago. Brice used to be my > > paper boy (cute kid) after Jerry Blais quit the route. Well as I recall > we > > started with the original copper base and heated it up and but brown gun > > bluing on it. After it dried we used an electric draftsman eraser to > remove > > the brown "bluing." It was an easy effect to reproduce. If you screw it > up > > just add the brown back in...A Dremel should do the trick with a mild > > cutting rouge. Brice jump in here son.... > > The job was a lot of fun. After about 15-20 years you can hardly tell it > > wasn't factory. You could chuck a pencil in a drill..! > > MS > > > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Ken and Brenda Brekke <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Mike, > > > Any suggestions on how to do it? > > > Thanks, > > > Ken > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > > > On > > > Behalf Of Mike Stitt > > > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 5:04 PM > > > To: Antique Phonograph List > > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor R > > > > > > It is not a hard finish to replicate and can be fun to do. > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
