Well never one to resist I bought some Mothers Mag polish which i havent tried before, I brushed the hood with a soft wire brush, then a burst on...
You have probably hit the nail on the head there, it was nice to solve the problems of it not working, and to tidy it up a bit, so I will use it...
I will certainly look at re plating as an option but it's easy to end up with a lamp that you have spent double the money which wold have bought...
Hi Henry, yes I don't hold much hope of finding a hood or even a donor lamp which has other damage, but I can dream. I looked at prices of parts...
I managed to find a nice Hipolito 502 on ebay it looked a bit rough but I decided to give it a home Date stamp is 2448. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It...
I think the finish of your lamp is a matter for you to choose. I have changed some of mine but I know its only paint (or laquer) and could be...
One thing which you may already know but I neglected to mention, it's a good idea to clean the brass and then use a coat of etch primer first, it...
Yes I found that did my frame with brake calliper paint, its not a wonderful finish but it is reasonably heat proof
I cleaned up a 315 recently used an enamel silver then a clear lacquer over it Bialaddin 315
That looks nice and warm, great result.
Yes and even more so in the first picture of the lamp assembled, I must be more careful and observant
Spent a little time checking the vaporlux lamp and tapped the vaporiser stem slightly to try and peen over the jet very slightly, but I also...
Thanks guys, I don't have the depth of knowledge on these, I looked them up on the refence section but just wanted to be sure. The red cap lamp...
One last picture I have it's cousin in my garage so I re United them. I assume the vapalux always had the black hat, I wondered if it should have...
Cleaned some of the brass and soaked the vaporiser in caustic solution for a while, then gave it a run in the ultrasonic cleaner not much carbon...
A coat of Halfords silver enamel [ATTACH] Then Halfords clear laquer [ATTACH] And it's looking a bit better, I messed up the silver enamel...
That's a shame, is it possible to peen the jet just a fraction to reduce the opening, probably take some trial and error, didn't i see where...
Looks mucky Hope that cures it.
Getting the bug again so I put some paint stripper on the old paint [ATTACH] Leave it a day then clean it with a pot scourer and plenty of soapy...
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