Dial Silvering Revisited
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2021
- A 275 year-old Welsh Tall Case clock gets a dial makeover using a slightly different process than in our earlier series.
Original dial silvering series:
Part 1: • Clock Dial Restoration...
Part 2: • Clock Dial Restoration...
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Thankyou for such a good demo of re silvering this dial,it looks absolutely beautiful, it most certainly was worth all of the preparation. Many thanks. Jim from AUSTRALIA.
Great video and informative well presented as always thanks Paul from England
I've restored a couple of clocks and even made my own clock dials. I like to draw coarse sand paper 60 or 80 grit in a 90 degree hatch pattern. I find the coarse grove really highlight the silver appearance.
Great idea! I'll try the baking soda and spray lacquer.
How did you finish off the areas where the spandrels are ? Did you lquer them or use the same matt spray you used in the centre of the dial ?
For the corners, I believe I lacquered them with glossy brass lacquer, using the area under the chapter ring as a buffer between finishes.
jammer dat het niet in nederlandse taal is . heel jammer 😥
what is the black stick ?..., what is its composicion..., thank you.
It is engravers wax. It is on the order of a color crayon, but probably slightly different in composition. They are available from clock suppliers and sometimes furniture repair stores as wood filler sticks.
hahaha im paranoid and would use 2000 grit wet sanding.
Hi gloves were not used in 1750...... Mmmmm, life expectancy in 1750 was around 38 -45. You kind of live in a lucky era as long as you make use of it. Life expectancy now is 75 -84. Silver nitrate is poison.
Silver chloride is the compound in use, not silver nitrate. Neither are particularly toxic, and I don't routinely eat or drink chemicals used in clock repair.