Yeah, and that's largely dependent on how much lye you use. The fact is that ALL of the copper compounds as well as the metallic copper itself...
Soak in hot water to which you have added some Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) Sodium hydroxide will usually strip copper based alloys free of corrsion in...
Not saing this is the case on your lanterns, but just suggesting it as a possibility... If the check valve for the solid shaft pump "died" at any...
The three basic schools of thought on a tool to remove the check valve are all screwdriver based... The truck is the screwdriver MUST be kept...
That issue is really just too damned easy to avoid... Simply don't pump the stove while it's burning. The 502's internal check valve isn't...
DAMMIT, I was watching that.... but did you see this one?...
Ok, if the stove pictured is an optimus #71 what exactly is the difference between a #71 and a #80 which I have that looks identical to the...
That is EXACTLY what I wound up creating.... Yes, it's cheating, and yes I will eventually MAKE a tool to remove and replace the check valves,...
Neither Walmart nor my local Cabela's Store (Hamburg, PA) carry the coleman fuel in gallon cans, there is a tidy batch of the red plastic 1 liter...
If you like the stove for it's size a 502 is a much betteroperating stove. the 502 was everything the 501 was not, relable, easy to operate and...
that little brass lever on the generator is to actuate the cleaning rod, which is NOT automatic on older coleman stoves or lanterns.The cleaning...
Now that Coleman packages their fuel in plastic 1 liter bottles and these are available at WalMart... for backpacking and mostly boiling water a...
Coleman never made more than two stoves at once labeled "peak 1" and by the model numbers from the 400 through the 440, 450 and 445 through to the...
A Schrader valve is the same type of valve as is typically used on auto and truck (lorrie for you brits) tire (tyre for the brits, Damn, I'm...
I've gotta wonder what you are comparing an optimus 99 to to say "it's too heavy" Yes, it's heavier than a one of the little flea weight...
Hi all, I've got a Coleman 502 "Sportster" single burner stove that has "sorta worked" since the day (20-ish) years ago when I bought it at a...
THE issue with olive oil is that like most natural oils it will eventually oxidize and turn into some sort of "goo" that will tend to plug up the...
The aluminum with usually used for cookware is the type of aluminum generally regarded as the most corrosion resistant. And suprising to many...
If you've ever tried to erradicate wild rose plants you'd have no doubt of it. If I ever find out who imported Wisteria, Privet and Multiflora...
Well, remember that an M1950 or Coleman 536(?) or Peak1 stove usually burns about 100ml of fuel an hour, this monster can go through 3 liters I...
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