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       Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: Maxwell Date: May 17, 2020, 11:29 am
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       Hi Mates,
       I took advantage of the weekend, and started a lengthy deep
       cleaning of my recent acquisition that I am still very excited
       about. Below are some of the photos of the engine before and
       during cleanup. Other posts will follow, and I hope that you
       enjoy them.
       [attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4]
       #Post#: 25460--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: oilfield_steam Date: May 19, 2020, 7:43 pm
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       Awesome acquisition Mike.
       #Post#: 25463--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: St Paul Steam Date: May 19, 2020, 8:07 pm
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       That's got some size to it, nice plant Mike & cleaned up well. I
       don't believe I've seen that 'tuning fork' style frame before.
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       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: Inge Date: May 19, 2020, 8:38 pm
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       Nice work. Good to see it left in a natural state, as opposed to
       being over restored. How was the Gruener (did you open it to
       celebrate?)
       #Post#: 25594--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: Maxwell Date: May 23, 2020, 4:54 am
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       Thanks fellows. it has been a long working week, and now back to
       the restoration. Beforehand; I would like to wish all of you a
       great Memorial Day Weekend; and the highest tributes to our
       healthcare workers who are still working hard to save lives
       through this years' Memorial day.
       Below is what I did so far just cleaning up a century of gunk
       gently; which revealed some amazing Nickel plating underneath
       the hardened steam oil. It was very time consuming, but
       rewarding. Now the question that arises; do I restore the Nickel
       Plating or not? more to come
       [attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4][attachimg=5
       ]
       #Post#: 25597--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: Woe is me Date: May 23, 2020, 7:11 am
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       Personally, I would leave it as is. If you redo the plating it
       might not look right with the patina of the rest of it. It looks
       great as is.
       #Post#: 25615--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: St Paul Steam Date: May 23, 2020, 5:50 pm
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       [quote author=Woe is me link=topic=2639.msg25597#msg25597
       date=1590235860]
       Personally, I would leave it as is. If you redo the plating it
       might not look right with the patina of the rest of it. It looks
       great as is.
       [/quote]
       I think Tommy's nailed it , its kind of a all or nothing resto,
       the paint will be lost in the recess's of the piece.
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       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: RedRyder Date: May 23, 2020, 6:16 pm
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       If you can get your nickel work to look old or a little dull, it
       would look nice. If your new plating will look too fresh and
       shiny, then might be best to just clean it really well.
       Very nice piece!
       #Post#: 25764--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: Maxwell Date: May 26, 2020, 7:55 pm
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       I listened to the wise advice from everyone including my
       internal voice to leave the Nickel Plating as is. Thanks for
       helping me with the final decision. I noticed something
       interesting on this machine during the cleanup; every piece on
       the machine including the boiler door, crank shaft, eccentric,
       Cast Iron safety valve...etc have the number 11 embossed on the
       metal; which makes me believe that this is machine number 11 of
       this model. Below are some of these stamped numbers on the
       different parts; it's also a good indication that the boiler and
       engine belongs together having the same number. More to come
       [attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4][attachimg=5
       ][attachimg=6]
       #Post#: 25765--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup
       By: Nick Date: May 26, 2020, 8:02 pm
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       What a neat find!  :)
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