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View Poll Results: Repair or not | |||
Leave the damn thing alone! Don't mess with what looks like a period repair | 12 | 54.55% | |
Have the solder removed to make the serial number readable | 9 | 40.91% | |
Repair the enamel only | 0 | 0% | |
Remove the solder AND repair the enamel | 1 | 4.55% | |
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll |
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12-02-2003, 04:52 PM | #111 |
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How To Unglue Photos? Help!
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Just picked up a great group to an Army General Major of artillery. Some idiot glued a photo of an Air Force captain (the right rank for him at the end of the War, but the TOTALLY wrong service!) wearing the wrong awards into his order book! Anyone out there know how to remove the photo from the book, without ripping the photo out? I'll just rip out the photo if all else fails, but I'd like to do it neater than that, without harming the book. Ideas? Anyone? --Dave |
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12-02-2003, 05:48 PM | #112 |
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My suggestion - go to a hobby store, preferably one specialized in plastic models or similar, and get a really really sharp knife (scalpelle maybe they are called, used by surgeons!) with a long blade.
Then, starting at the bottom of the photo, cut the glue layer slowly, and while cutting, easily pull the photo upwards. Such knifes cost about 20 euro here and blades are 3 euros each. I have a few, and they are really useful. On my spare time, I use to build ship- and airplane models. Another thing would maybe be to use the technique that can be used to remove stamps from a letter, heat the paper over boiling water and carefully try to remove the pic. I think though, that the outcome of this depends on the type of glue. Finally - before trying anything of this, wait a few days and see if someone else brings any better ideas. I don't want to be the one that ruined your order book Good luck! /Patrik |
01-22-2004, 08:01 PM | #113 |
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Re-applying patina to original orders
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I got the beauty below because it's a the riveted variation. When I bought it I didn't think it's going to bother me but now that it's here I feel like I own one of those hairless cats... How can I apply some natural patina/toning to make it look presentable? Any help? Thanks, Rusty.
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01-22-2004, 08:14 PM | #114 |
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Cleaning Medals
Gentlemen,
I know we should let these Awards have their normal worn look with natural patina, and I like them that way. But when a Medal has gained oxydation, is there a solution for that, a way to clean and restore it? None of my Awards have that problem, I'm only asking because if buying one with oxidation chips or spots I guess I'd like to see it having a better look, wouldn't you? Normal patina is one thing, and it's nice, oxydation is different and in mho it's not nice. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot, Dolf |
01-22-2004, 08:17 PM | #115 |
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Rusty,
There are special solutions to apply toning, available to coin collectors. This toning may look fine on a coin, but just screams "fake!" on a medal. I think I would clean it up completely, rub some brake dust on it (yeap!), and let time do the rest. Alexei |
01-22-2004, 08:20 PM | #116 |
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Try sulfur
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01-22-2004, 08:20 PM | #117 |
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Alexei,
So you suggest cleaning the medal and applying break dust... I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to collect the dust from?!?! Weird but may work... Thanks, Rusty.
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01-22-2004, 08:25 PM | #118 |
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Search option
Tal,
I did use the Search option, but I guess I missed this thread, sorry and thanks to move my post to the right place. Anyway, here is an example of what I was talking about: Thanks, Dolf |
01-22-2004, 08:36 PM | #119 |
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Rusty,
From a car... Cadillacs and BMWs usually collect a lot of brake dust on the weel spikes, that's a nightmare to get rid off. Use your finger to collect the dust (the more the better) and rub it on the medal. Clean it lightly with a soft rug, and you will get a pleasant drak patina in all the indentations. Time will do the rest. Alexei |
01-22-2004, 08:38 PM | #120 |
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Dolf,
Don't clean it, it's a fake. Alexei |
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