I've a bigger cast iron gluepot simmering nicely in the electrolytic
de-ruster. When it's ready, I'd going to black wax the outside, and
bitumen the "bain marie" surfaces.
But how to finish the inner pot surface, where the glue goes ? I'd
like something that's rustproof and non-reactive, and certainly won't
react with the glue. I don't use hide glue often enough that I can
merely leave yesterday's glue in it ready for the next day.
Any suggestions ?
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"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote
> I've a bigger cast iron gluepot simmering nicely in the electrolytic
> de-ruster. When it's ready, I'd going to black wax the outside, and
> bitumen the "bain marie" surfaces.
>
> But how to finish the inner pot surface, where the glue goes ? I'd
> like something that's rustproof and non-reactive, and certainly won't
> react with the glue. I don't use hide glue often enough that I can
> merely leave yesterday's glue in it ready for the next day.
Not terribly constructive in practical terms, but I have a glue pot the
inner pot of which is lined with vitreous enamel.
Jeff G
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Website - amgron.clara.net
On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:51:14 -0400, "Mark Hopkins"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Do tell about copper plating on leather!
Friend of mine's retired walking boots. She wants to turn them into a
garden ornament.
Total failure so far - it depends on getting a conductive layer onto
the leather before plating, usually involving some sort of graphite
coating. Our various recipes haven't worked very well yet, and we're
still waiting for some commercial Aquadag to show up.
OTOH, I have managed to copper plate titanium (which is difficult),
and to electroless copper plate steel (which is also difficult,
without cyanide).
Best part is that _all_ of the materials came from just one place, the
over-the-counter farm vet chemist. Few kg of copper sulphate (for
athlete's hoof in sheep or something), conc sulphuric acid (drain
cleaner), stockholm tar (sheep polish), calf feeding buckets (stronger
and heatproof)
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Smert' spamionam
Andy Dingley notes:
>Do tell about copper plating on leather!
>
>Friend of mine's retired walking boots. She wants to turn them into a
>garden ornament.
>
>Total failure so far - it depends on getting a conductive layer onto
>the leather before plating, usually involving some sort of graphite
>coating. Our various recipes haven't worked very well yet, and we're
>still waiting for some commercial Aquadag to show up.
Good lord. This used to be the hot set-up for baby shoes in the '40s, '50s,
'60s. May still be for all I know. You need to find a supplier for one of those
outfits, though I think most of the ads wanted to sell the entire business kit.
Charlie Self
"Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories -
those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost." Russell
Baker
On 06 Aug 2004 23:53:46 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>>Do tell about copper plating on leather!
>>
>>Friend of mine's retired walking boots. She wants to turn them into a
>>garden ornament.
>Good lord. This used to be the hot set-up for baby shoes in the '40s, '50s,
>'60s. May still be for all I know.
Not for years. It's all done with bronze powders and a resin these
days.
There's also the famous Victorian patent "A Scheme for Electroplating
The Dead"
On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 19:29:14 +0100, Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I've a bigger cast iron gluepot simmering nicely in the electrolytic
>de-ruster. When it's ready, I'd going to black wax the outside, and
>bitumen the "bain marie" surfaces.
>
>But how to finish the inner pot surface, where the glue goes ? I'd
>like something that's rustproof and non-reactive, and certainly won't
>react with the glue. I don't use hide glue often enough that I can
>merely leave yesterday's glue in it ready for the next day.
>
>Any suggestions ?
nickel plate?
Do tell about copper plating on leather!
"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:48:29 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
> >nickel plate?
>
> Thanks for everyone's suggestions.
>
> I'm inclining towards nickel plate. I've been looking for an excuse to
> buy the chemistry for doing electroless nickel anyway ($75).
>
> I'm doing some acid copper plating at the moment (on leather !) Having
> nickel handy would also allow me to interleave the plating materials,
> which gives a stiffer and more robust plating on non-conductors. I
> might try copper plating on the iron too, but that's tricky with an
> acid plating bath and I can't really work with cyanide baths.
> --
> Smert' spamionam
On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:48:29 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>nickel plate?
Thanks for everyone's suggestions.
I'm inclining towards nickel plate. I've been looking for an excuse to
buy the chemistry for doing electroless nickel anyway ($75).
I'm doing some acid copper plating at the moment (on leather !) Having
nickel handy would also allow me to interleave the plating materials,
which gives a stiffer and more robust plating on non-conductors. I
might try copper plating on the iron too, but that's tricky with an
acid plating bath and I can't really work with cyanide baths.
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Smert' spamionam