A Lesson in Persistance..........

[Ray T]

SWEET !!  Hope you don't mind I was getting dizzy looking at it sideways 

[seldomseensmith]

SWEET !!  Hope you don't mind I was getting dizzy looking at it sideways 

I was actually about to ask if somebody could do that for me.

Thanks!!!

[Ray T]

Jeffo could fix it gooder  but I played a little




Hmmm looked better on my screen than posted

[seldomseensmith]

I'm having a real internal debate over weather I should leave the aesthetic in it's original historic form, or to tear it down and powdercoat everything. I for sure want to rebuild the internals.

[grinderz]

I vote for the patina.

[tyme]

Rebuild it but keep the vintage look. No powder coat.

[Warrior372]

I would just disassemble and clean it with very mild cleaning agents intended for antique items. If you call a local museum of history the curator will likely be able to recommend products that will allow you to clean it while keeping the patina it has worked so hard to get. If it was trashed I would say completely redo it, but it looks like it is in really nice shape.

Very cool looking! Great strategy for finding it too!

[seldomseensmith]

PATINA IT IS!!!!! (less work for me :-))

[seldomseensmith]

Safe to take mild soap and water to it tonight?

[Ray T]

Simple Green 

[Warrior372]

Safe to take mild soap and water to it tonight?

This is directly off of Antiques.com . The article is about cleaning / maintaining old metal antiques.

'If there is no deterioration of the metal, then this patination should under no circumstances be disturbed. A sparing application of a good quality transparent wax polish carefully removed with a silk cloth should not do any damage to a patinated object and will improve the surface.'

[FinerGrind]

That's a beautiful thing. To learn from your example, IF you should decide to sell, please contact me!