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Old Iron - 5/19/2010 4:53:34 PM    kwalker Posts: 731 Joined: 5/14/2010 From: Woodstown, NJ Status: offline Found this a while ago and I finally decided to spruce it up a little and use it as a door stop or something. Still have some work to go. Did I do good so far though? Before benchgrinding. I used some electroplating to try to get some of the caked on dirt off Here it is after I bench grinded her with some thick bristles Post #: 1

RE: Old Iron - 5/19/2010 6:05:58 PM    surfaceone Posts: 5708 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline Hello Kenneth, Welcome to the boards. Nice job on the Sad Iron, or is it a goose. It really came out well. Are there any markings discernable? (in reply to kwalker) Post #: 2

RE: Old Iron - 5/19/2010 7:18:16 PM    kwalker Posts: 731 Joined: 5/14/2010 From: Woodstown, NJ Status: offline Thanks surfaceone, and nice picture by the way The iron has some markings under the handle. I can't even begin to make out what it says. I'm going to do some more brushing to see what i can get. So far it looks like an H and a few other characters. Two O's or zeros are next to each other it looks like. (in reply to kwalker) Post #: 3

RE: Old Iron - 5/22/2010 4:55:15 PM    The Bottleman Posts: 80 Joined: 3/24/2010 From: Greenfield Tennesse Status: offline Kwalker did you use electroplating or electrolysis? I can't quite see how electroplating would help because that puts metal sheets onto other metals not take them off. Electrolysis is what takes the rust and corrosion off, its very helpful when finding and cleaning old metal objects while searching for bottles and it doesnt cost that much to put together. (in reply to kwalker) Post #: 4

RE: Old Iron - 5/23/2010 10:17:22 AM    kwalker Posts: 731 Joined: 5/14/2010 From: Woodstown, NJ Status: offline Whoops! My fault I did use electrolysis not electroplating. Thanks for correcting me (in reply to kwalker) Post #: 5

RE: Old Iron - 5/23/2010 2:03:54 PM    Rockhounder55 Posts: 807 Joined: 7/22/2008 From: Winnemucca, NV. Status: online For some reason, I love those old irons and have a small collection. Appears like it cleaned up pretty good considering how it looks in the first pic.  ~Mike  _____________________________ I see dead bottles.............and they're all broken. (in reply to kwalker) Post #: 6

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