hello Brian. I was raised on the pre-decimal system and then, in 1971, had to change to the decimal system. No wonder I am still confused!. And do you know? when the change-over happened almost everything doubled in price. They say they were the good old days; I'm not so sure, but I really well enjoyed my three pints for half a crown = 2/6d. Steve.
Hi Brian, As promised, here's a few pictures of my paper towel vinegar method. 111 tank: Treating the brass parts of a Tilley FL6 tank: As you can see, it's super easy, and you can position the vinegar treatment exactly where you need it. Hope it helps someone out there!
Pinky, When you treat the entire surface (like the 111 tank) does this have any advantage over simply dunking the tank in vinegar (or citric acid)? Yonadav
Hi Pinky thanks for adding the pics of the process, like Kerophile's process, a great way of applying a solution with precision. With these methods, only the parts of the tank that are required will receive the treatment, for example, if a tank has fixed steel legs there is no chemical action and any decals are not lost or damaged.
Shed-man said I was only just aware of the price of sweets at the time but some things seemed to go from 5D to 5p so more than doubled. Regards John
Hi John to be honest the only thing about old money I remember was that we still had the old shilling and two bob, in circulation well in to the 1980's, and they were used as a five pence piece and a ten pence piece. These coins were only phased out, when the the penny five pence and ten pence were made smaller. Another point I remember about old money, was when i was at the age of around 4-9 years old, and we would either be before school age or off school and our mum or gran would be taking us somewhere, park shopping etc and they would meet some one they knew on the way, and would start chin wagging to them for about 10 mins, which seemed a lot longer. I would stand there bored out of my skin with a face like thunder, and when they had stopped talking if we or me,. was lucky the other person would reach in her purse, and say to one of us there's a shilling or sixpence for you. lol
I use citric acid, which I buy in powder form. $2.5 worth of the powder is enough to make 50 liters of acid solution (that's 5 cents per liter), so I can use it very liberally. Yonadav
Hi Yonadav, My partner and I live in a tiny space in the city, and a container of old filthy vinegar is an unwelcome roommate, so that's the main benefit of the paper towels for me. I haven't tried citric acid yet, and would likely find it more agreeable to my living situation, but the paper towels work great for me so far. Pickling burners still works better with full immersion though.
Yes Pinky citric acid has no odour, for that's one of the main reasons I use it, as I hate the smell of acetic acid(vinegar), I have all so used vinegar which works really well, but what ever is used it is by far best to use a really weak solution. It may take longer but it still works and is safer on the brass, less chance of the brass turning pink.
