Great, I will try to contact him. Thanks.
Thank @MYN I will give it a try in the weekend. By the way this lantern has a red top, enamelled. Does anyone know a service or an enamellist in...
Yes you are right. We did not have tools to melt the 450C solder. I should have written "the hardest we could melt". Fuel is only kerosene (never...
I got and old Petromax350 from the internet. A made in Germany one. Unfortunately it had a leak at the top of the tank on the nut that holds the...
Now they look out of stock everywhere. Both Coleman and Amazon. So people like these products; it can't be that the whole Coleman run was bought...
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I just received the Coleman lamp from Amazon. It was pressurized. Do they do this on purpose? Is it good to be pressurized while in storage (and...
True. My bad. I meant the governments not the people. And Britain may have been an exception.
$5 a gallon? Here it is 2.25 Euros a liter !! EU is a terrible thing. They can not even protect the price of a pound of bread, which suddenly has...
I also bought one from amazon.com as Coleman does not sell this product in EU. Registering for email notification for when it will be available...
This very interesting as to what is the demand for Kerosene lanterns in US. Two weeks ago (approximately) Coleman re-released the Coleman...
The restoration of a similar lamp here: [MEDIA] at 9:31 min shows the red cap with some white substance on it and the person who restores paints...
Very interesting @Martin K. I did not know that the rapid pre-heater is so old invention. I thought it was much newer. The rapid pre-heater is...
This looks great (the lamp, not the bag:content:). But it is a younger model (than the one I got) because it has the rapid pre-heater.
Good info! thanks. @adrian yu the attachments do not open (at least for me)
Petromax on their site state "The cleaning polish suits to all Petromax models.". So this is some kind of guarantee at least as far as safety of...
Got it. Fine steelwool is OK then. Of course I will try on a non visible spot first. Thank you.
Thank you both for the advise. I will follow your suggestions. Since I do have the Petromax polishing paste I assume it is good right @MYN ? If...
Ah, OK thanks. This lamp was found on a Greek island so it is definitely an exported item. So this lamp was made on Thursday either 1st or 8th of...
The bottom of the lamp needs some care too as it can be seen in the next photo. Any advice please ?[ATTACH]
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