Hi all, I have a Coleman 329 shade with a crack around the top hanger area, and am looking for advice or experiences with repairing / reinforcing these. It seems fairly stable, as the crack does not extend to any of the edges. I also have just purchased a 443 Kremelite shade, that has a crack extending a few inches sideways from the bottom edge, not received it yet though. My plan is to get some hxtl-nyl 1 glass adhesive, and fill the cracks to just reinforce and try to prolong the life of the shades, I'd like to use them on working lamps. Any advice, or others experiences doing this would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Liam
That's a fair call Jeff, however these shades are fairly slim pickings in this part of the world and I do not have a working stockpile of mint shades to use, so would like to investigate all options to be able to use them.
Hello Liam, yes, the scarcity of shades is also a problem in my location, shades were an expensive accessory at the time. For instance, in 1938 a Tilley table lamp was cheaper with a glass globe than with a shade and every penny counted back then, the link below shows a 1938 Tilley catalogue. https://classicpressurelamps.com/threads/1938-tilley-cat.411/
G'day Liam, I don't know anything about hxtl-nyl 1 but did find this online. Low on a 10" shade it might work but near the top heat will be a problem. HXTAL NYL-1 has a relatively low heat resistance. Its Heat Distortion Temperature is only about 37.5°C to 39°C (99°F to 102°F). It is not designed for high-temperature applications or holding items that will undergo baking, boiling, or dishwasher use. I haven't tried to repair a shade for use, possibly one of the windscreen repair adhesives might work. Good luck, it will be interesting to see where this discussion goes.
Hey @ROBBO55 , your completely right there. I've somehow crossed my wires looking at other products and missed that. That stuff is not going to be of any use here, I'll look at other options. Ideally it's something that; 1) stabilises the crack at the working temp 2) looks ok, however aesthetics are not number one priority as both cracks don't extend anywhere close to more than halfway round, and 3) is something that ideally is reversible either chemically or with heat should some other sort of repair want to be made much later in future, with perhaps more sophisticated products.... @JEFF JOHNSON I suppose the scarcity of these is part of the appeal too, I have only one fully intact undamaged monax shade, which I truly love to use, the light is brilliant. I'm quite excited to see how the kreme-lite looks lit up, and I will perhaps just have to accept that if I do this I am obviously risking further damaging or ruining it, but hopefully I can come up with a solution that will reduce the risk of this.
