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My First Repair - 3/5/2007 9:24:00 PM    Jim Posts: 2396 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline I attempted my first bottle repair job tonight. Although certainly not perfect, it turned out a lot better than I had expected. This is a John Moon's Superior Mineral Water, c.1850. I filled in a nasty lip chip. Before: Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm Post #: 1

RE: My First Repair - 3/5/2007 9:24:38 PM    Jim Posts: 2396 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline After: Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 2

RE: My First Repair - 3/5/2007 9:25:16 PM    Jim Posts: 2396 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Before: Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 3

RE: My First Repair - 3/5/2007 9:27:22 PM    Jim Posts: 2396 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline After. Not a perfect color match, but close enough to look 100% better on the shelf. The top edge of the lip is still a little uneven where the chip was. I may try to fix that up a little better tomorrow. Not bad for my first try, and with a very tough color. ~Jim Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 4

RE: My First Repair - 3/5/2007 10:22:26 PM    Haldy   Posts: 77 Joined: 1/21/2005 Status: offline Jim: Looks like a pretty good repair job to me for a "first time" try!  What type of material do you use for the repair?  Is it something that you bought or what?  Keep up the good work and you'll be a pro in no time. Denny (in reply to Jim) Post #: 5

RE: My First Repair - 3/5/2007 10:31:55 PM    Jim Posts: 2396 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Thanks, Denny. The repair material is a two-part clear epoxy with a catalyst hardener. Less than 4 bucks at the hardware store. Nasty stuff . Water-based paint was my coloring agent. I should have added a little black to the green to darken it some. The epoxy gives you about 20-30 minutes to work with it, which is nice for a beginner like me . The decent success of this project has given me some confidence. I have a few more dug bottles with lip damage that I will try some day. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Haldy) Post #: 6

RE: My First Repair - 3/6/2007 3:04:08 PM    baltbottles   Posts: 921 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: offline Hey Jim, You may want to try to add some red to the green instead of black That will darken the green but give a more correct color Chris _____________________________ Please visit my website at : www.geocities.com/baltbottles/index.html (in reply to Jim) Post #: 7

RE: My First Repair - 3/6/2007 3:08:10 PM    Jim Posts: 2396 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Thanks, Chris! That is what I will do. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to baltbottles) Post #: 8

RE: My First Repair - 3/7/2007 11:26:13 AM    Bottleman Posts: 851 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline Not bad at all for a first try Jim. That’s a nice looking mineral water too. ~~Tom (in reply to Jim) Post #: 9

RE: My First Repair - 3/7/2007 2:10:38 PM    capsoda Posts: 7866 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Looks like a good start Jim. Just don't go gettin all Hollywood on us. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 10

RE: My First Repair - 3/7/2007 4:32:26 PM    Jim Posts: 2396 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Thanks, guys. I finished up with a second layer of epoxy with a better color match. Once I polish it, the color should be very close to accurate. I also got the top of the lip straight and smooth. Here is the bottle now. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 11

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