(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Office of Steam Forum for Model &amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Toy Steam Gas &amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Hot Air Engines (HTM) https://officeofsteamforum.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: Restorations ***************************************************** #Post#: 25362-------------------------------------------------- Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup By: Maxwell Date: May 17, 2020, 11:29 am --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- Awesome acquisition Mike. #Post#: 25463-------------------------------------------------- Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup By: St Paul Steam Date: May 19, 2020, 8:07 pm --------------------------------------------------------- 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. #Post#: 25465-------------------------------------------------- Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup By: Inge Date: May 19, 2020, 8:38 pm --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- [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. #Post#: 25617-------------------------------------------------- Re: Pre 1900 Carette before and after Cleanup By: RedRyder Date: May 23, 2020, 6:16 pm --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- What a neat find! :) ***************************************************** (DIR) Next Page