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Re: Sextant on ebay
From: hellos
Date: 2006 Sep 6, 13:32 -0500
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From: hellos
Date: 2006 Sep 6, 13:32 -0500
Courtney-
" 'polish' down to the metal.
HOW ?"
Simple enough. Disassemble to component parts, set
aside all optics. Use commercial paint stripper if it indeed was painted, the
"Citrussafe" types work very nicely if you give them an hour or two. There's an
aerosol full of high end solvents called "KleenStrip" that works in seconds--but
raises welts on bare flesh, watch out what you pray for.<G>
Those should strip most coatings off nicely. Then
just buff, polish, reassemble. You'll also find there are commercial metal
stripping/finishingshops in most Yellow Pages, catering to the automotive trade.
Again, give them the pieces after removing the optics, etc.
And of course, you'll need to reapply blacking,
etc. afterwards.
Sounds like a new cable TV show just for
navigators:
"PIMP MY SEXTANT".
Complete with ostrich skin cover on the handle,
fuzzy dice, and two hundred watt IPod dock and
booster?<G>
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