Reel mining
Reel mining
Buried under the kind of heavy patina we all cherish was a German silver reel, a Kopf I hadn't seen before. (Needs a crank screw.) Before and after shots:
There are a few pink dezinced areas, probably from the storage environment. Here are some cleaning suggestions for foodies: Yum! Slurp! Drool!
There are a few pink dezinced areas, probably from the storage environment. Here are some cleaning suggestions for foodies: Yum! Slurp! Drool!
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Re: Reel mining
Purty! I find the pink tends to fade away after a while spent shelf fishing..
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Nice reveal!
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Now that's one pretty broad assumption. With that said, my preference leans toward the right........Did I really just say that?the kind of heavy patina we all cherish
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Re: Reel mining
This one was a big surprise. I assumed it was brass, but after it sat in my Caesar salad for a few minutes, a couple of scratches looked silvery, not yellowy. So into the vinegar it went until the GS did, indeed, reveal itself. I hope that if/when the pink disappears, it's not because a new, thick patina has grown. I've never seen GS that dark before.
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I posted about a NPB BH during Jan 2016 and had a similar pink tone to the exposed brass surfaces of the spool. I just took a picture to see how it has re-patinated over the past year. The pink has darkened a shade towards brown without any help. The perception of pink varies significantly with lighting. You have nothing to worry about.
Before:
Halfway cleaned:
Immediately after Cleaning - pink brass on spool:
13 Months later- less pink on spool
Before:
Halfway cleaned:
Immediately after Cleaning - pink brass on spool:
13 Months later- less pink on spool
Paul Manuel
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Re: Reel mining
I always end up with that pink color on spools after cleaning since a lot of my stuff is so far gone over into the green! But I never thought to check over time but tend to agree that it does mellow out after a while.
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Re: Reel mining
I have found that if the GS is left in the vinegar for too long the pink color appears. I have hand polished the pink parts with simichrome and the pink disappears.
Re: Reel mining
Ray, I've had similar results. In this case, there were pink patches visible after initial attempts to polish off the patina. The reel spent some time in vinegar, then a long time in my favorite clock-cleaning solution, which removed a lot of the pink. Hand polishing removed some more, but the remaining dezincing seems to be pretty deep.
Steve Vernon
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Book: ANTIQUE FISHING REELS, 2nd Ed.
Websites:
Antique Fishing Reels
Kopf reels
Hendrick reels
"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."