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Apr 27, 2006. #3. Paper dials actually clean up fairly well without extreme measures. Begin with a 1" throw-away type bristle brush. The kind with the tan bristles. If you use it to brush the dial in one direction and wipe the brush on a clean paper towel often, you will pick up a lot of surface grit and the dial will look brighter from this ...
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Nov 20, 2017. #10. I glue a paper dial to a thin piece of sheet metal to make it easier to work with. I can then use tin snips to cut out the proper circle and a step drill to drill out the holes. Here's a temporary paper-on-sheet metal replacement for a Lincoln dial that I'm sending for repainting. I used brown shoe polish for faux aging.
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2019年8月2日 · To insert the new paper dial and glue it in place I use a very thin book scraping paper glue. It takes very little glue to hold the dial in place. Mark the 12 and 6 position on the brass with a piece of tape and transfer the zink plate marks to the tape. Wet the dial and plate with a good coat of the glue. Line up the dial 12 with the 12 tape ...
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Jul 13, 2015. #1. What is the preferred adhesive for gluing paper dials to dial pans? An adhesive is needed that will not bleed through to the front of the paper dial. I am repairing an Ingraham short drop regulator that I need to replace the dial and I want to be sure the adhesive doesn't bleed through, which has happened in the past.
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Nov 25, 2004. #4. You can order the paper stock dials from most of the major clock supply places. You might also want to order the paper dial cutter. The process I use is to tape the corners of the dial stock to a piece of thick cardboard and use the dial cutter to cut out the replacement dial paper. I also like the spray glue that you can ...
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Mar 7, 2009. #21. Ryan, that dial is pretty good near impossible to restore by hand painting, I guess even a calligraph would screw that up. If the paper still has its laquer coat on it you could try to buff it off with a modelling compound like Tamiya's. That's a very, very mild polish.
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2020年7月25日 · A dial on cardstock could be copied onto any sort of paper that your copy store has in stock, including old-fashioned 'onion skin' paper once used for carbon copies, or the manila paper used for artwork. Mark Kinsler. 512 East Mulberry Street; Lancaster, Ohio USA 740-503-1973; [email protected].
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Sep 17, 2008. #4. Baking soda and a very soft bristle brush helped my one and only paper dial for an adamantine clock. Just sprinkled some on, let it sit for while, gently bushed it around and then gently 'whisked' it off. It cleaned it up somewhat overall and …
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Oct 20, 2014. #5. Steven Thornberry said: Actually E & J Swigart. They provided replacement parts, etc. for clocks and watches in the 20th century for a number of years. Their logo was put on the replacement paper clock dials. I can find that they were active from at least the early 1920's to at least the 1950's, possibly some years on either ...
Paper dial replacements for Mantel and shelf clock
2023年12月25日 · JayKosta said: To 'age' a paper dial, you can try soaking it in tea, or a solution made from yellow onion skins. If you print your own from downloaded images, try using a paper of heavier weight than regular typing (does anyone remember doing that?) / copier paper. And little salt & pepper. If time runs slow.