Anybody used these guys? Seems like good prices. http://www.americanmantle.us/products/orderonline.asp?c=3 Anybody have any sources they are happy with & would suggest (American side of the pond)?
Hi, never used that firm, but I regularly use hootflipflopandfly on ebay, I also buy from alshamtradingco1 on there as well. Very happy with both.
Try Peak Distribution sales@leacockcolemancenter.com You'll find Peerless and Lancaster mantles there, also your side of the pond.....Paul That 'r' at the end of center should be next to it, no gaps....wont alter for some reason
I'm in the U.S. too, and you really want to put your money into Peerless mantles. The company you asked about is "good enough" for the little people, but you really want a better mantle for your collectables. Leacock-Coleman is one great source, and another is oldcolemanparts.com. They focus on Coleman, but have some Peerless and other brands that are more difficult to find. Me? I put my money on Peerless!
Thanks for the replies. One thing I am looking for is mantles that will last. I'm just getting parts together to run my old PL1 (big thanks to Paul & Neil ), but even the Coleman mantles on my modern Coleman gas & propane lanterns don't last long. (still looking for that post I saw that had a method for "burning in" that the poster said helped his last longer)
There was a suggestion that doing an extended pre heating and then firing up at full pressure helps shape the new mantle better and that the first burn should be for 4 hours or more to fully "cure" a new mantle. I can see merit in the first and the second certainly can't do any harm and might indeed extend mantle life. ::Neil::
That might have been me then, because that's what I do - generally one full pre-heat to burn the mantle off and another to be sure the vapouriser is good and hot. But you've gotta have patience and wait for the second priming to be fully completed, otherwise...
I'm assuming when speaking of preheaing we are talking about using Kerosene or Paraffin, not Coleman fuel or Naptha? From what I'm understanding, gentle install, preburn (and allow to cool according to some), then hot initial firing (for 30 min to 4 hrs, depends on who you're talking to) should work for my fuel and propane lanterns, too. P.S. Thanks again for all the help everyone.
It has been my experience with the Peerless/Lancaster brands that their brightness "develops" after several minutes following the first burn. I have yet to find a mantle that exceeds their durability in transport and the characteristic of "no holes" when doing the initial burn off. We in the USA have the "luxury" of thorium coating as well. That feature has been rendered "verboten" to our European collector friends. But the quality of the weave is still there.
All lamps take around 15 to 20 minutes to run up to full brightness. One thing I learnt from measuring light power is that there is a gradual increase over that initial period. So it appears that the lamp does not operate at full efficiency for a while. It therefore prehaps makes sense to allow a new mantle to burn for at least half an hour to allow the lamp to settle to optimum burn and it may be that this practice does therefore allow the mantle to work in to suit the burner. ::Neil::
Thanks. The more I read, that is what I'm coming to understand. Ordered some peerless mantles last night.
