Thankyou for such a good demo of restoring and re silvering the chapter ring I've done a few of them in the past but I much prefer your method as it's more efficient. Jim from AUSTRALIA.
I am seeing this years later but appreciate it none the less. I have done numerous dials and it is simply a lot of work! I am unsure of the product you used (at 12:00) to remove the residual wax (the purple liquid). This has always been a struggle point for me in that I tend to unwantingly remove newly applied wax/shellac from the relief areas. Thanks!
Great videos Sara, great to see someone going through the job without skipping missing vital information out, great job 👍👍👍👍👍 Regards John, Clock Repairs Merseyside
I’ve just done this job myself. Unfortunately, I found your video AFTER I’d done it 😡 I followed advice on another video and on a website and they left out two very important steps that you showed us here. Washing out the old wax with ammonia - and wiping off the hot wax with a card. Really, really wish I’d seen that before I did it! I did find, though, that a heat gun (like a super hot hair dryer) worked very well to melt the wax.
sara -- many thanks for the wonderful video -- if you are still monitoring the thread -- what cleaner did you use to remove the last vestiges of shellac wax from the chapter ring at 12:10 in the video ? the purple liquid -- you have given me the courage to attempt a similar project --
It was a real pleasure watching this Sara. I'm a watchmaker and don't really work on clocks, but you taught me something new. Thank you.
Thankyou for such a good demo of restoring and re silvering the chapter ring I've done a few of them in the past but I much prefer your method as it's more efficient. Jim from AUSTRALIA.
Glad it was helpful!
I am seeing this years later but appreciate it none the less. I have done numerous dials and it is simply a lot of work! I am unsure of the product you used (at 12:00) to remove the residual wax (the purple liquid). This has always been a struggle point for me in that I tend to unwantingly remove newly applied wax/shellac from the relief areas. Thanks!
Very nice job Sara, and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Great videos Sara, great to see someone going through the job without skipping missing vital information out, great job 👍👍👍👍👍 Regards John, Clock Repairs Merseyside
I’ve just done this job myself. Unfortunately, I found your video AFTER I’d done it 😡 I followed advice on another video and on a website and they left out two very important steps that you showed us here. Washing out the old wax with ammonia - and wiping off the hot wax with a card. Really, really wish I’d seen that before I did it! I did find, though, that a heat gun (like a super hot hair dryer) worked very well to melt the wax.
You are good. I have one like that off of a grandfather clock.
sara -- many thanks for the wonderful video -- if you are still monitoring the thread -- what cleaner did you use to remove the last vestiges of shellac wax from the chapter ring at 12:10 in the video ? the purple liquid -- you have given me the courage to attempt a similar project --
Is the shellac stick the same thing as engravers wax?
is it Silver nitrate or Silver chloride?
Thank you.
Very useful and informative tutorial. Are you going to tackle anything else LC related / brass backplate for example ?
Eventually
12:01 “So meths” she says. Is that a uk wax cleaner😂the purple stuff, please….
Your technology is interesting, and then your hands probably turned black in the sun. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very nice job Sara, and thanks for sharing.