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Author Topic: If you polish your lid vents  (Read 3150 times)

Cellar2ful

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If you polish your lid vents
« on: September 23, 2017, 07:27:17 PM »

When restoring a kettle, I usually polish the lid vent after it has been cleaned with steel wool.  In the past, this created a mess on the porcelain around the vent.  Don't know why I didn't think of this before. Cut a sheet of paper in half and work it beneath the lid vent.  This keeps the polish from getting beneath the lid vent and all over the porcelain. It also keeps the lid vent from turning while polishing. If the lid vent is tight like this one was, the lid vent can be lifted slightly with the blade of small screwdriver. This allows the paper to be slid beneath it. To protect the porcelain, I layed a cloth on the porcelain so the screwdriver is not actually touching the porcelain.  Saves a lot of clean up and detail work.






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addicted-to-smoke

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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2017, 07:38:17 PM »
Wow, that's only steel wool? I would have guessed Mother's Mag Wheel polish or similar.
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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2017, 07:39:07 PM »
That's good tip.  BTW that lid vent is F&%#$% awesome,
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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2017, 08:03:13 PM »
Quote from: Cellar2ful on September 23, 2017, 07:27:17 PM

... I usually polish the lid vent after it has been cleaned with steel wool...

Sorry for my question earlier; reading isn't my strength apparently!
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Cellar2ful

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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2017, 08:16:25 PM »


@addicted-to-smoke  -  I do use a polish after I clean the lid vent with steel wool.   I use Rolite Supra 90 aircraft polish.  @zavod44  turned me onto it.  I used Mother's mag polish previously but Rolite cuts down on the polishing time. It's really expensive though.
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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2017, 01:01:50 AM »
So shiny! Great tip


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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2017, 05:28:06 AM »
Smart thinking!
I usually find myself in a similar situation, I totally might steal this tip


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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2017, 05:15:00 PM »
Brilliant idea!  Thanks for sharing.
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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2017, 06:21:11 PM »
I do the same thing with a twist. I cut a notch in the edge of one piece so that it can extend beyond the rivet and halfway point and the second piece overlaps it. Helps avoid the gaps. Beautiful blue!
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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2017, 06:25:21 PM »
Were they originally that shinny? Shit if you were hurting for a mirror to shave by that would do. I notice with my polished knives that they are a pain in the ass to keep clean....same with these shinny vents?
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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2017, 06:26:25 PM »
Great tip! only problem I see is now you have to polish up everything else to match that lid vent.  Great job on this blue.
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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2017, 09:10:55 PM »

I do it the same way, but use duct tape.[emoji6]

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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2020, 04:35:44 AM »
Hmmm, wonder if I can use that stuff on my pontoon tubes? Maybe with a auto-detailing buffer?
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Cellar2ful

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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2020, 07:45:09 AM »
Quote from: putoluto on May 16, 2020, 04:35:44 AM
Hmmm, wonder if I can use that stuff on my pontoon tubes? Maybe with a auto-detailing buffer?

If the pontoons are aluminum, I don't see why not.  I believe they use variable speed buffers when detailing airplanes with Supra 90.
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Re: If you polish your lid vents
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2020, 12:07:32 PM »
When I had a pontoon boat I went to a automatic car wash supply place and bought an acid by the gallon and diluted it that I sprayed on them. It was made for cleaning diesel off of aluminum fuel tanks on tractor trailers is what the guy told me. It ate right through the pontoon gunk but may not be enamel grill friendly unless masked

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