saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 well my first real anything I guess except for some tools and fooling around. I couldn't figure out what to do with the back, so I tigged it solid. Thought I would post the pics as I have gotten so much help here, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 also couldn't get very deep with the wire brush, is there a chemical cleaner that would shine up the inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 WOW John great work! Better than my first rose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrynjr Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Did you use the Alwin Wagener demo as your template flower? Great job! I can't wait till; (a. my neck gets better so I can hammer) (b. I can build my treadle so I can hammer) so that I can try that out also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Excellent job! It looks great. My personal preference is to leave a good bit of contrast between the wire brushed parts and those not. I think it adds interest to the piece. Finnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I use Hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid for swimming pools is a good ready mixed source) to clean inside, on those occasions I want to clean inside. A few minutes in a fresh solution will dissolve or loosen the scale making it easy to dislodge the rest in a baking soda rinse followed by a hot fresh water rinse then some kind of coating as soon as dry. Which is why I use hot water, it dries pretty quick and I can then use a brass brush and clear coat. Nice work, I threw a bunch of mine in the slack tub before I had one to show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Nice job,. Really like it. Amazing for a first try, will have to try one sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan B Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Well done SJBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Covington Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Great Work are you sure you're a beginner? Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 nice job We also employ hydrochloric acid quite a bit (about 35% dilution level in you average Murriatic for etching cement) but it doesn't "shine" the residue that is left behind is ferrous chloride (Iron chloride II) to buff or shine something in a crevice without a lot of labor, I'd look into some sort of tumbling media maybe with vibration (sonic) cleaningParts cleaning Ultrasonic cleaning used to use sonic cleaning on these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primtechsmith Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Nice job. Peyton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Did you use the Alwin Wagener demo as your template flower? Great job! I can't wait till; (a. my neck gets better so I can hammer) (b. I can build my treadle so I can hammer) so that I can try that out also. Thanks for all the support! Yes the picture in that post is what I used for the idea. I couldn't see the back or bottom so I was not sure how to finish that part out. I kept the roll tight but in the end on the bottom I ended up with what looked like rolled metal ( which it is). I thought maybe if you made a cup like arrangement, to slide up the stem to cover the bottom and looked like the outside petals, might work. Maybe even add some leaves to that part you slide up somehow. But thats another day. thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 nice job We also employ hydrochloric acid quite a bit (about 35% dilution level in you average Murriatic for etching cement) but it doesn't "shine" the residue that is left behind is ferrous chloride (Iron chloride II) to buff or shine something in a crevice without a lot of labor, I'd look into some sort of tumbling media maybe with vibration (sonic) cleaningParts cleaning Ultrasonic cleaning used to use sonic cleaning on these Thanks Ice, I think the link on the bottom might be wrong or maybe I am missing something.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 I use Hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid for swimming pools is a good ready mixed source) to clean inside, on those occasions I want to clean inside. A few minutes in a fresh solution will dissolve or loosen the scale making it easy to dislodge the rest in a baking soda rinse followed by a hot fresh water rinse then some kind of coating as soon as dry. Which is why I use hot water, it dries pretty quick and I can then use a brass brush and clear coat. Nice work, I threw a bunch of mine in the slack tub before I had one to show. Thanks, I will look into that more, I also am thinking about what finnr said about the contrast, and opening the rose up more would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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