No.199 Fuze.
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A nice result achieved from what I'm sure was a lot of elbow grease expended
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Fantastic result timbo93!! May I ask what cleaning method(s) you used to bring it back to that condition?
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Come up cleaner than when it was made.
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Thanks,
I started by chipping the concreted grime off by tapping with the flat side of a hammer, then it's an assortment of rifling files, wire brushes, steel wool and metal polishes.
Cheers, Tim
I started by chipping the concreted grime off by tapping with the flat side of a hammer, then it's an assortment of rifling files, wire brushes, steel wool and metal polishes.
Cheers, Tim
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Maybe, this might help you??......timbo93 wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 9:20 pm Thanks,
I started by chipping the concreted grime off by tapping with the flat side of a hammer, then it's an assortment of rifling files, wire brushes, steel wool and metal polishes.
Cheers, Tim
With a lot of the bits I get from the beach and there has been a lot of ordnance I use on the bits I feel that have no great importance Harpic X10. Magic at pulling all the crud away just need to keep checking.......Any problems yours not mine! .......
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You're kidding, right? That filthy dark lump in the first photo became the bright shiny thing in the second photo? Goodness me, a great result!timbo93 wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 4:28 pm Thames Estuary find from a couple of weeks ago. Before and after.
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Good job on cleaning the Fuze it does take some elbow grease .. This fuze I got off the shipwreck the Basil which was on her way to France before she sank full off munitions , This one I made safe and cut in half so you can see how much work goes into makig the fuze
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