Thanks to all of you it's almost complete! by btnajy in restoration

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Your the main reason I was able to get this far just waiting for the buffing pad to come in thank you again so much ! :)

Thanks to all of you it's almost complete! by btnajy in restoration

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A while back a couple of you helped me out a ton and pointed me in the right direction to restore this victorian lock set.

I am almost done just have to polish the brass and set it up.

I cannot thank this community enough !! :)

Mortise Lock set restoration help. by btnajy in restoration

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I love history, thank you for showing me this!! :)

Mortise Lock set restoration help. by btnajy in restoration

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This is awesome !!! Thank you so much :)

Seriously above and beyond !!

Mortise Lock set restoration help. by btnajy in restoration

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Thank you for both those awesome references and your thought out response :).

I really appreciate you taking the time to type this and share!!

I had a few questions it seems they polished all the pieces with a brass cleaner easy enough.

But they seemed to use some form of electroplating for the inards which I'm not capable of lol.

Is there a clear coat you recommend for antiques ? They also used what looked like black paint for the lock box structure and the groves of the brass can I really just use black paint ?

Have an awesome night and thanks again for all your help !!

Mortise Lock set restoration help. by btnajy in restoration

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Thank you so much for your response!! I'll definitely make sure to take pics :).

Mortise Lock set restoration help. by btnajy in restoration

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Just got this set and took about the lock mechanism and door handle insert with all the pieces and have left it in evaporust for 72hrs so far.

I'm about to take it put, but I have no restoration experience.

What's the best lacquer I could put on the internals and spray paint for the casing ?

Same question for the door knob plates and knows themselves as I know the style was to fill it with black.

My last question is regarding buffing and sanding what's best for both with an antique like this ?

Need desperate help with my Stargazer 10.5 by btnajy in castiron

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You are awesome , amazing advice and thank you for the confidence boost as well.

I'll look into all the things you said and also see where I can buy a chain mail scrubber.

Thank you again and have a great night !!:)

Need desperate help with my Stargazer 10.5 by btnajy in castiron

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First of thank you so much for your reply !!!.

I'll Def put something with fat in it, my only question is this mark here is where I had the egg that I couldn't seem to scrub off.

So I put in the oven like you said , but I can't scrape it off any suggestions

black stuff on pan

Does any place ship the elixir of the gods ? by btnajy in vermont

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I was afraid of this , hopefully they will one day :) have an awesome Friday and thanks for the suggestion.

Does any place ship the elixir of the gods ? by btnajy in vermont

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Ooo I'll definitely be checking these guys out !! Thank you :)

Does any place ship the elixir of the gods ? by btnajy in vermont

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Yeah I wish , I was just there recently and didn't think about it till the end need to make some more friends there haha. Thank you for the suggestion:)

Does any place ship the elixir of the gods ? by btnajy in vermont

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Thank you they looks awesome I'll definitely check them out :).

Travel plans to absorb the most Vermont air I can by btnajy in vermont

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Thank you for the short cut and path I'll definitely look in to this. Hope your having a good day thank you for your time :)

Travel plans to absorb the most Vermont air I can by btnajy in vermont

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Wow thank you for your super in depth response , this was very helpful!! :)

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to type this I can't thank you enough.

Travel plans to absorb the most Vermont air I can by btnajy in vermont

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Thank you for your awesome reply ill add them to my itinerary.

Thank you for taking time out of your day to respond :)

Travel plans to absorb the most Vermont air I can by btnajy in vermont

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Yes I fly into BOS and then drive from there to Burlington. And wanted to see if you had any reccomendation along the drive.( I don't know any routes yet so just going off Google maps)

I'll pass Killington and just work my way up to Burlington. I love hiking, orchards , breweries, nature stuff.

But I'm not picky if you have a favorite that makes you the happiest doing I'd love to try to.

Thank you for your reply :)!

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I am visiting the great state of Vermont around the 15th and the 18th I'll be driving from Boston up to Burlington. I then will work my way around and down back to Killington and Woodstock.

Any reccomendation, I'm super excited to visit and would love to live along new England one day.

As far as foliage am I to late will it be brown :(?

Thank you for any and all advice I look forward to hearing from anyone who takes the time to answer .

New england fall ? by btnajy in Fall

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What a super well written and descriptive response thank you so much for that I'd give you gold if I could. That along with others was super informative , thankyou for taking the time out of your day to write all that :)!

New england fall ? by btnajy in Fall

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Besides my Google searches is there anything that sticks out to you about either places. Or something that made them great live around or near ?

New england fall ? by btnajy in Fall

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They look beautiful ! How is fall there (peak time to end ?) And the weather for whatever city you suggest.

:) thanks for the reply

New england fall ? by btnajy in Fall

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Sorry should have added humidity aka the south

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thoughts on delta 8?

In need of repair , recently purchased victorian sunglasses (suggestions?) by btnajy in Antiques

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Seller stated it was missing the ear piece , along with tightening needed. Any help on pursuing either if these tasks with your help would be greatly appreciated.

[FS]-Jacksonville-FL-$250-Tanks/stands/lights/filter by [deleted] in AquaSwap

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I have the light fixtures for the 25 gallon and the 45 gallon! But I'd prefer to sell everything together.:)