John Allen

Appears I may be stuck with lead fittings with Mamoli CSS Aabama. Can they be properly treated other than primer or watered down white glue to slow down the degradation of the lead over the long run. Does this problem also plague Brittania metal fittings.
Would wood or brass copies when feasible be better. Could not find Metal for dummies #2 at Amazon.

Art in its truest form, a masterpiece coming alive with each post. Kudos time 20

Exquisite!

Beautiful lines, couldn't tell if it was laid up in a boatyard, pure perfection.

Everybody retract their claws, the sun is shining birds are singing and we all woke up on this side of the dirt.

John, sorry to learn of your loss. My condolences also

John,  I'm saddened to hear of your loss.  As Roger said, hold the good memories, they are a blessing.

Sorry to hear about your loss. My condolences.

John, my condolences, brother.

John,
 
i’m sorry To hear about the loss of your dear wife Sylbie.  From your earlier posts, it seemed like the two of you enjoyed many adventures together such as “the snake in the bedroom story”  May these memories be a blessing to you.
 
Best wishes
 
Roger

John, I am so sorry to hear of your loss.

Hello Mark,
Been out of the loop for a while. Sybile wife of 52 years passed May 8th. I am just be beginning to deal with it. Years ago she was an ACLS Paramedic and I a Marine Policeman. Little Bio Hurricane Frederick took out Dauphin Island Bridge. We went on calls together, her medicals my rescues. for a 3 year period. this was before life flight so transport times were between 2 to 3 hours depending on weather by boat and C.G. Training choppers if training in the area. We were tied to the hip, and as close as 2 people could be.
Apologize to all know this was not the area to post. 
 
To the paints, I have reconstituted semi dried (the totally dried hard as a rock I did not attempt) they were soft enough to break down, added very little water and mixed with a drill bit on a Dremel. They seemed pretty thick (totally smooth no chunks or hard pieces.) even had to add a little water to thin. That being said I had used a couple of colors on the interior of the Hunley I am trying to destroy. They seem okay when dry, colors seemed as bright as a new bottle, whether they last who knows. Having shallow pockets I'm cheap. I do not have the skillset at this time to expend dollars on tube acrylics and mix colors I would and up with a model looking like a Rat Rod. So I'll muddle along until someone takes the word model out of acrylics and the price and packaging becomes reasonable.

Hello Mark,
Been out of the loop for a while. Sybile wife of 52 years passed May 8th. I am just be beginning to deal with it. Years ago she was an ACLS Paramedic and I a Marine Policeman. Little Bio Hurricane Frederick took out Dauphin Island Bridge. We went on calls together, her medicals my rescues. for a 3 year period. this was before life flight so transport times were between 2 to 3 hours depending on weather by boat and C.G. Training choppers if training in the area. We were tied to the hip, and as close as 2 people could be.
Apologize to all know this was not the area to post. 
 
To the paints, I have reconstituted semi dried (the totally dried hard as a rock I did not attempt) they were soft enough to break down, added very little water and mixed with a drill bit on a Dremel. They seemed pretty thick (totally smooth no chunks or hard pieces.) even had to add a little water to thin. That being said I had used a couple of colors on the interior of the Hunley I am trying to destroy. They seem okay when dry, colors seemed as bright as a new bottle, whether they last who knows. Having shallow pockets I'm cheap. I do not have the skillset at this time to expend dollars on tube acrylics and mix colors I would and up with a model looking like a Rat Rod. So I'll muddle along until someone takes the word model out of acrylics and the price and packaging becomes reasonable.

Hello Mark,
Been out of the loop for a while. Sybile wife of 52 years passed May 8th. I am just be beginning to deal with it. Years ago she was an ACLS Paramedic and I a Marine Policeman. Little Bio Hurricane Frederick took out Dauphin Island Bridge. We went on calls together, her medicals my rescues. for a 3 year period. this was before life flight so transport times were between 2 to 3 hours depending on weather by boat and C.G. Training choppers if training in the area. We were tied to the hip, and as close as 2 people could be.
Apologize to all know this was not the area to post. 
 
To the paints, I have reconstituted semi dried (the totally dried hard as a rock I did not attempt) they were soft enough to break down, added very little water and mixed with a drill bit on a Dremel. They seemed pretty thick (totally smooth no chunks or hard pieces.) even had to add a little water to thin. That being said I had used a couple of colors on the interior of the Hunley I am trying to destroy. They seem okay when dry, colors seemed as bright as a new bottle, whether they last who knows. Having shallow pockets I'm cheap. I do not have the skillset at this time to expend dollars on tube acrylics and mix colors I would and up with a model looking like a Rat Rod. So I'll muddle along until someone takes the word model out of acrylics and the price and packaging becomes reasonable.

Hello Mark,
Been out of the loop for a while. Sybile wife of 52 years passed May 8th. I am just be beginning to deal with it. Years ago she was an ACLS Paramedic and I a Marine Policeman. Little Bio Hurricane Frederick took out Dauphin Island Bridge. We went on calls together, her medicals my rescues. for a 3 year period. this was before life flight so transport times were between 2 to 3 hours depending on weather by boat and C.G. Training choppers if training in the area. We were tied to the hip, and as close as 2 people could be.
Apologize to all know this was not the area to post. 
 
To the paints, I have reconstituted semi dried (the totally dried hard as a rock I did not attempt) they were soft enough to break down, added very little water and mixed with a drill bit on a Dremel. They seemed pretty thick (totally smooth no chunks or hard pieces.) even had to add a little water to thin. That being said I had used a couple of colors on the interior of the Hunley I am trying to destroy. They seem okay when dry, colors seemed as bright as a new bottle, whether they last who knows. Having shallow pockets I'm cheap. I do not have the skillset at this time to expend dollars on tube acrylics and mix colors I would and up with a model looking like a Rat Rod. So I'll muddle along until someone takes the word model out of acrylics and the price and packaging becomes reasonable.

We had this discussion at other places I think already.
 
Acrylic paints are dispersions of acrylic acid molecules in water (possibly alcohol) with finely ground pigments suspended in them. The curing of these paints happens in two stages or perhaps parallel processes: the solvent, the water evaporates, and the molecules begin to intertwine, trapping the pigment in between. The first process happens within minutes (when spray-painting) or an hour or so (when brush-painting), while the latter process will continue for days or even a week or two. It is not possible to redissolve acrylic paints without breaking up the molecules, i.e. destroying the binder. You can, of course, grind up the dried paint, but all you get is a slurry, but not a paint. You would need to really finely grind it and then add new binder, i.e. acrylic acid solution - but this is not really worth the effort und almost certainly will not yield a satisfactory product.
 
The same considerations apply to dried out oil-paints. Here the binder is lineseed oil and the curing process an oxidation induced by short-wave radiation, namely UV-light. Once oxidised, the process cannot be really reverted. Again, if you grind up the paint, you will end up with a slurry and would need to add more lineseed oil as fresh binder.
 
Not sure that making your own paints from scratch is really an efficient process. Of course the painters of old did this, but then jumped onto the confectioned paints, as soon as these became available around the middle of the 19th century (facilitating the open-air painting of the School of Barbizon and somewhat later of the Expressionists). You are not likely to arrive at the same level of homogeneity and dispersion of commercial products. The resulting product may be ok for painting by brush of small areas, but probably nor for painting larger surfaces, let alone for spray-painting. This is one reason why the technique of painting, sanding, painting, sanding, and finally polishing was developed.

Have many bottles of model shipway paints that have dried up. I have used a Dremel and bit to break the paint down add water and bring it back, this is a tedious process. Today I took a bottle of red that was totally dried up. Put a small amount of water in it and put in microwave for 10 seconds. It did not distort the shipway bottle which is a heavy plastic and paint softened enough to stir with a stir stick. That being said This may be a stupid idea, not knowing the chemical nature of the latex paint and or any residue left in microware.
Therefore moi being a dumb soul when it comes to chemistry and all the little molecules and atoms flying around what is the danger if any.

Keith,
 
Caught up "magnificent".

That's an eye opener, thanks for the link.
 

Have many bottles of model shipway paints that have dried up. I have used a Dremel and bit to break the paint down add water and bring it back, this is a tedious process. Today I took a bottle of red that was totally dried up. Put a small amount of water in it and put in microwave for 10 seconds. It did not distort the shipway bottle which is a heavy plastic and paint softened enough to stir with a stir stick. That being said This may be a stupid idea, not knowing the chemical nature of the latex paint and or any residue left in microware.
Therefore moi being a dumb soul when it comes to chemistry and all the little molecules and atoms flying around what is the danger if any.

Keith,
 
Caught up "magnificent".

Keith,
 
Caught up "magnificent".

That's an eye opener, thanks for the link.
 

Have many bottles of model shipway paints that have dried up. I have used a Dremel and bit to break the paint down add water and bring it back, this is a tedious process. Today I took a bottle of red that was totally dried up. Put a small amount of water in it and put in microwave for 10 seconds. It did not distort the shipway bottle which is a heavy plastic and paint softened enough to stir with a stir stick. That being said This may be a stupid idea, not knowing the chemical nature of the latex paint and or any residue left in microware.
Therefore moi being a dumb soul when it comes to chemistry and all the little molecules and atoms flying around what is the danger if any.

Keith,
 
Caught up "magnificent".