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flask tumbled? - 5/18/2008 3:57:41 PM    sweetrelease   Posts: 660 Joined: 7/20/2006 From: hammonton ,nj Status: offline hi, how much would a badly "stained" flask cost to be tumbled? it is a rare piece and i'm a little scared to have it tumbled also. do many flask break during cleaning? thanks  ,matt Post #: 1

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/18/2008 4:01:54 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2805 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Excellent question Matt, is the flask very thin? Madpaddla (in reply to sweetrelease) Post #: 2

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/18/2008 4:57:11 PM    sweetrelease   Posts: 660 Joined: 7/20/2006 From: hammonton ,nj Status: offline hi ben ,i have not gottin my hands on it yet but the seller said no it's not thin ,but just old and i have been tring to get this flask for years, and i'm paying way more than i should, so i'm so so on tumbling. it does have a very heavy dose of sickness (white haze) . thanks ben ,matt < Message edited by sweetrelease -- 5/18/2008 4:58:35 PM > (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 3

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/18/2008 7:55:04 PM    deer4x4 Posts: 356 Joined: 1/2/2008 From: san jose ca. Status: offline sounds like that coffin and hay flask i saw on ebay as to my thoughts of tumble check the 2 flasks that i had done by ryan i had a scroll and eagle flask done with no problems and they came out just perfect thanks i hope it helps bob (in reply to sweetrelease) Post #: 4

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/19/2008 7:01:26 AM    sweetrelease   Posts: 660 Joined: 7/20/2006 From: hammonton ,nj Status: offline yes you are right it is the coffin flask off ebay. i was very happy to see it up on there and being from hammonton ,nj and living about three house over from the glasshouse site, it means alot to me to have this.payed way more then i should have but you know how that goes  as you can see it needs some work!!! < Message edited by sweetrelease -- 5/19/2008 7:06:25 AM > (in reply to deer4x4) Post #: 5

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/19/2008 10:53:14 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5158 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: online The most dangerous bottles I have found to tumble are early small rectangular panelled medicines. The glass in the corners is sometimes paper thin. Round or oval bottles are the safest. As long as your flask doesnt have any bad bubbles, cracks, or other imperfections it should be fine. But of course there is some minimal risk in tumbling any bottle. You can reduce the risk somewhat by having it tumbled at a slower speed. The only 100% guarantee of not breaking it is to leave it alone. I have never tried to tumble an iron pontilled bottle. Like to hear how people deal with those. < Message edited by GuntherHess -- 5/19/2008 10:54:09 AM > _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to sweetrelease) Post #: 6

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/19/2008 11:18:11 AM    sweetrelease   Posts: 660 Joined: 7/20/2006 From: hammonton ,nj Status: offline thanks matt. i will have to get a close up look of it and make up my mind. i really do not want this to break, my wife is already gonna to kill me!!should have saw her face when i showed her the paypal slip,matt (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 7

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/19/2008 12:58:33 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1453 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline Nice bottle, Ive dug 3 of them this year alone all half pints and all broken to pieces. I also really want one of them, I just love that deer and eagle on the back. As for tumbling there is always a risk like everyone has said already and that flask pictured would take a lot of cutting to get out all that etching which might take off some of the embossing. Its hard to say however, good luck on what ever you deside. Digger Ry _____________________________ Professional Tumbling Services Digger Ry Style My Tumbling Page (in reply to sweetrelease) Post #: 8

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/19/2008 9:44:39 PM    sweetrelease   Posts: 660 Joined: 7/20/2006 From: hammonton ,nj Status: offline thanks ryan , i should have it in two days . i will look it over and get in touch with you about the tumble. thanks again for the info ,matt (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 9

RE: flask tumbled? - 5/20/2008 2:54:07 AM    deer4x4 Posts: 356 Joined: 1/2/2008 From: san jose ca. Status: offline i watched that flask but was out of town at the end i was going to try for it and i would have sent it to ryan to get done i like the top on it it looks a lot diffrent than the usaul plain lip i thougt that was neat well nice flak talk again sometime bob p.s what really get s interesting is the color they come out when done you seen the scroll flask before and after what a diffrence it looks to me like your may come out with a light blue green tint to it < Message edited by deer4x4 -- 5/20/2008 2:57:07 AM > (in reply to sweetrelease) Post #: 10

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