I’ve started on the Gloria pile!

It's a grand old lamp once again!

 

@Tony Press

Lovely! I wish I had that lamp and I also wish I had the skill level you have too.

Regards Jeremy

 

Almost there with this one:





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Tony

 

It's progressing!

 

Well done Tony, it’s an inspiration to see your work.

 

I must say, I am pleased with this result:



In full daylight.



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Tony

 

Splendid!

 

Love your work Tony ....

 

I've started on the next one. It has a very small tank:




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Tony

 

That one looks lonely should clean up nice its brother is waiting here to see the results .
Bob .

 

Bob

It’s coming along very well. The hard bit was getting a very crusty layer of verdigris that was all over the whole lamp - it must have been near the ocean for a few decades.

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Tony

@Lamp_Doctor

 

Almost ready for the Reference Gallery:



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Tony

 

Next one to be worked on is the lantern discussed in this thread that had both Gloria and Lind-O-Lite features:

Gloria 33 comparison



The cosmetics, at least, will require a bit of work!

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Tony

 

I was surprised and pleased to find the "Lind-O-Lite" stampings on the tank base plate after I had removed (by chelation) much of the rust. More rust to go.




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Tony

 

Almost ready to put this lantern back together. It was a full in recovery job!



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Tony

 

It's progressing!

 

@Tony Press

I looked up “chelation” and I’m still none the wiser.

Regards Jeremy

 

Jeremy

Mind you, I’m no chemist, but my understanding is that “chelation” is a process whereby ions and molecules in your chelate solution bond to metal ions to remove rust.

On irreplaceable items I use “Evaporust” (expensive!) rather than citric acid to remove rust.

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Tony

 

Chelate comes from Latin meaning ‘having pincer-like claws’. The iron in rust won’t itself dissolve in water, but will if ‘wrapped up’ by a suitable molecule- so held within the ‘claw’ if you like. Here is a classic picture:

 

Thanks for the explanations.

Regards Jeremy

@Tony Press @kero-scene

 

Woot woot!





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Tony

 

Well done @Tony. Another piece of history saved for the future to experience.
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Pete

 

Very nice!

 

Nice work! As always.

 

Looks good Tony . I like the artistic shadow in the last picture.

 

Martin

I thought the shadows were quite arty myself.

I'll post the lantern in the Reference Gallery later in the week.


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Tony


@ROBBO55

 

Excellent work so far.

 

This very interesting lantern next...



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Tony

@Lamp_Doctor @Anthony @Akeepsake @ROBBO55