05-18-2007, 12:58 PM
I am considering plating my new Coolus I recently built. Has anyone done this? Any suggestions?
"...quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."
a.k.a. Paul M.
a.k.a. Paul M.
Tin Plating a Helmet
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05-18-2007, 12:58 PM
I am considering plating my new Coolus I recently built. Has anyone done this? Any suggestions?
"...quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."
a.k.a. Paul M.
05-18-2007, 12:59 PM
Not me, Brother -- but I am definitely all ears!
If you figure it out -- let me know. Edge
Gaius Aurelius Calvus
(Edge Gibbons) Moderator Rules for Posting LEG XI CPF <a class="postlink" href="http://www.11thlegion.com">http://www.11thlegion.com "Mens est clavis victoriae."
05-18-2007, 01:56 PM
Hibernicus could tell you how to do it. We are tinning our segs and other bits as we speak. (New IXth standards)
I am sure he could give some tips on your helmet.
Decimus Apollonius
(Brian Camp) Legio IX HISPANA COHORS III EXPUGNATOR Centuria I HIBERNICI CON VIII AP Legio IX Hispana Web Site: [url:l69cdju8]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org/[/url]
05-18-2007, 02:15 PM
05-18-2007, 02:25 PM
Quote:http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.p...ht=tinning But not available here in the Colonies
"...quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."
a.k.a. Paul M.
05-18-2007, 02:51 PM
Quote:Paul, there must be something on your side of the Pond with the same properties. It's basically solder paste (specified to 100% tin) with the flux combined. I think the flux is pretty aggressive.Peroni:2956hd0p Wrote:Nealetin paste. :wink:
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
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05-18-2007, 02:54 PM
There is, Jim.
Oatey #95 Tinning Paste: http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cg ... d=15001012 I have used it before to tin a balteus. I have no idea how it would work on a helmet. The method that works for me for balteus parts is to put them in a 450 degree F oven for about 2 and a half minutes and then wipe quickly. Edge
Gaius Aurelius Calvus
(Edge Gibbons) Moderator Rules for Posting LEG XI CPF <a class="postlink" href="http://www.11thlegion.com">http://www.11thlegion.com "Mens est clavis victoriae."
05-18-2007, 03:01 PM
I just contacted a place local to me that does plating. They told me on the phone they could tin plate and even silver plate. So I have an email to them with pics to get a quote.
"...quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."
a.k.a. Paul M.
05-18-2007, 04:09 PM
paul, ask owen about tinning helmets. he did his last year
Tiberius Claudius Lupus
Chuck Russell Keyser,WV, USA [url:em57ti3w]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/flonzy/Roman/index.htm[/url]
05-18-2007, 09:37 PM
If you get hold of any Nealetin paste put it in a well labelled glass jar. It's great stuff, but the flux is so strong that mine ate through it's plastic container!!! :? Expensive.
Showing off a bit, but I've got a Len Morgan Gallic G which has been silver plated and it's LURVELY :wink:
Mark Downes/Mummius
Cent Gittus, COH X. LEG XX. VV. Deva Victrix ____________________________________________ "Don\'\'\'\'t threaten me with a dead fish!" - Withnail
05-18-2007, 09:41 PM
You can have a pro do it for you but you end up with a perfect job.
yup, Oateys #95. .. get the 16oz bucket! Or a heat source and a stick of tin.... heat the helmet on the inside and rub the stick of tin on the outside. Or hot dip the helmet in a bucket of molten tin... now that's FUN! I suppose you could get a home tin plating kit.
Hibernicus
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