Hi all, firstly, thankyou to all who replied to my thread about the Roman Siege, I have ordered a High Elven War Sword from them and it should be here in the UK in a week . Now onto my main topic. recently I went home after being away at university for a few months and to my horror, I found that the brass handle on my Aragorn hunting knife has started to corrode, small green/black dots/patches everywhere. As I e xp ected and to my dismay, when I used Brasso to clean it up, the brass plating came away in a few patches! AAAAAA!!
I started to look on the bay and other shops to see if I could find a replacement. When I realised how much they are going for now (3 x what I paid for mine) I knew I couldn't afford it, so I researched brass plating. After days of looking , I realised it was highly unlikely I was going to get it fixed in the UK. What I did find was a company who sell kits called Plug'n'plate, which are supposedly perfect for small amateur projects. I thought I'd give it a try and ordered one. I've just finished using it, and it's even better than I could have hoped! no evidence of any marks ever being there, and I went over the whole thing a few times to build up a thicker layer, to prevent it happening again so easily. Just something to bear in mind if anyone else has a similar problem (I've spent the evening plating anything in sight, my uni flatmate wasn't happy with his brass cutlery)
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2Actually, I've been thinking of doing the same to the hilt and pommel of a custom sword I'm about to make, but decided to just forget about it, as it was sure to be much too complicated for a humble welder. So basically, this is good news =D
How much did you pay for it?
How much did you pay for it?
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3I've never done anything like it before and it really is easy (I've only tried the brass mind). In the UK I paid £66 with delivery, and there's enough solution to easily plate a large surface area
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4Omg 66 pounds? that's nothing at all!
And if you could plate it with other stuff as well, that'd be awesome, I'm totally gonna pick up one of those =D
And if you could plate it with other stuff as well, that'd be awesome, I'm totally gonna pick up one of those =D
"I had the blues, 'cause I had no shoes, until upon the street, I saw a man who had no feet"
The biggest problem about a zombie-apocalypse would be to hide my excitement about it
The biggest problem about a zombie-apocalypse would be to hide my excitement about it