I was home today preparing for a test tomorrow...the type guys put off if they can. Me and the Crane are friends today. I had thought to do a family picture but that is too much work and I am too weak. It was a very nice sunny day so I cut the lawn, did a little cleanup and got Lucille (K code redhead) and Peach out:
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No solid food for me today so this is as close to good Q as I get:
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The handles on Lucille are not quite finished. They have been sanded then filled from behind with a mix of glue and sawdust due to deep cracking. I stained them with gun stock twice to try and even out the colour then about 15 coats of satin spar. I just kept adding more coats till the tops evened out.
The handles before I started in:
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That's a couple of beautiful kettles you got there!
Fine looking kettles. Great job refiinishing the handles on peach.
Stunning
Beautiful kettles (especially the texture on Peach and that beautiful restore job on the handles), and I'm hoping for the best with your tests tomorrow, Hoss. I've got a red K, and it's nowhere near as nice as yours.
Quote from: MrHoss on October 22, 2014, 03:15:12 PM
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Beautiful grills and pics! I especially love these two pics!
Quote from: dengland on October 22, 2014, 07:27:09 PMI especially love these two pics!
Me too. I just happened on the right light for that type of shot. I figured it might look really cool with the dark background. Wish I had a better camera...like L.B.. His pictures of Peach taken before I took her into my care are superior.
The texture on Peach is great. I noticed this reflection in the ash pan today:
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My neighbours must think I am nuts hauling bbqs around the yard taking pictures of them...sometimes from the top of a ladder!!!
Quote from: MrHoss on October 22, 2014, 07:43:56 PM
My neighbours must think I am nuts hauling bbqs around the yard taking pictures of them...sometimes from the top of a ladder!!!
Hehe! Get used to that feeling! Beautiful work on those kettles!
@MrHoss I love the handles on that red! 8)
Great pictures. The colors are so vibrant I gotta wear shades.
Nice pics. Good luck tomorrow!
good luck with the test!
the kettles look great.
That has to be he nicest Limey I have ever seen! Very nice pics, and good work on that redhead.
Good luck tomorrow too.
Great shots! Good luck today!
Beatuies! Seriously, amazing job on those handles. They look like new. Glue & sawdust? Crazy. I've gotta try that.
Beautiful! I can't stop looking at these pics.
Quote from: Uncle JJ on October 23, 2014, 06:07:07 AMGlue & sawdust? Crazy. I've gotta try that.
The handle tops were splitting when I was sanding them. Coming apart really. I took it easy with the sanding after seeing that but knew I had to do something to bind the wood together before staining and varnishing. I knew wood filler would have been better but I had none so I mixed some of the sawdust from sanding with glue and put it on the backs only. Some seeped through to the faces which I sanded off before staining. The spots showed up through the stain so I stained again and thought I had it covered till I started varnishing. I can see where the glue spots were on the face...not even colour throughout...but it is the way it is. I am not gonna strip them to fix it now. Next time no glue but rather wood filler.
Amazing job on the handles Hoss! I thought they were replacements for sure the first time I scanned the post! Now I see why it took 18 coats of spar ;)
Two beauties man, congrats!
Got home today from my little procedure, (thanks for the best wishes......I got the "all clear" boys!!!), and after a little nap was looking at the light in the backyard. Thinking that it was so similar to yesterday I quickly got Peach out of the basement and snapped more shots off. I really do love this Kettle:
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SWEET Photos!
... But more importantly glad you got the all clear Mike!
Take it easy!
Matt
Congrats on the test results!
Glad to hear it was all clear!
And as for that kettle, loving it could be used as a sanity test.....if you don't, you're mad! :)
Quote from: kendoll on October 24, 2014, 12:15:27 AM
Glad to hear it was all clear!
And as for that kettle, loving it could be used as a sanity test.....if you don't, you're mad! :)
Thanks Kendoll. I agree about the sanity test. I keep Peach in the house...down in my man room where it's safest. If I had diapers in the house I'd rub that kettle with them I swear.