Not going to be much use as a reflector if the underside isn’t white so if it must be single colour then white it is!
Thanks for the kind words! Gary, agreed re the air vents but the round ones are staying as part of the lamps history. With this, I wanted to...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Finally done. Originally posted back in May 2019 (a long time ago!). It's a bit different and I'll be interested in...
Thanks Gary - I have gone with your advice. A new thread will appear soon! :content:
I ordered a large ceramic houseplant pot this summer. It arrived in about ten pieces (I knew I was in trouble because the box rattled). So I...
Well I thought come lockdown I'd get on to my Vapalux 300x that I posted quite a long time back (Vapalux fettling) but other things seemed more...
They are readily available in the UK for a few quid online via radio control model shops. I assumed everyone was using them!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Agreed! My maroon 300x has far worse paint and I’m feeling slightly unhappy that it will have to be repainted (but I...
Clearly pressure lamps depreciate more than mandolins! Last year, I bought a 1913 Gibson mandolin. After adjusting the price for inflation I found...
I’d have thought this a relatively easy event to postpone; presumably not much pre investment needed so mostly an issue of whether there is a...
I’d find an alternative date ASAP whilst they can still be found; August at the earliest, September a safer bet. It is just delaying the...
That’ll just buff out......
I’ve often regretted that UK cars equivalent to faded US style patina is a soggy pile of crumbling rust! Your lamp looks like a “retro” car; the...
I think the faded, surface rusted look cars develop in the US desert states can look fantastic. Just because (as with the lamps here) the outside...
That looks more ambiguous than it is probably meant to be! If the pickup tube is still in doubt then after pumping, unscrewing the filler cap...
We like to preserve the patina of our lamps. We like them to show that they have been used and that chips and scuffs are badges of honour. If we...
Surely relying on lacquer to protect the finish has a fundamental flaw. In future, the restored lamp finally begins to develop a patina but as...
If the Titanic's hull had been a tube it would have been. Would have rolled a lot mind!
Is that really a risk? Tubes are extremely difficult to crush; that’s how tunnels work! On the other hand, if you were filling the lower half of...
If you do a google search for “kerosene pump near me” it will give a google map link which allows you to click on the map to show sites in that...
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