Yowza looking good Ken.
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Yowza looking good Ken.
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Thought i would just stir the engines. Just checked with the landlord and we are on track for another great day.
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Excellent news Steve, i'm on cleaning some LP's in preparation.Originally Posted by Floyddroid
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Not long to go now
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Aye looking forward to it.
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Steve - I remember the Landlord said last time, we should have gotten some of the local take away menu's and have the food delivered to the pub, he was ok with us eating it on the premises as he only did pies/sandwiches.
Might be worth checking that still applies for this time and getting some menu's.
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Don't know if you have your SCuMat yet Ali?
I didn't like the idea of having to polish the mat regularly, its a messy job, Copper tarnishes quickly and every finger mark will go Black in a short time.
Thought of painting it with clear lacquer, Black etch primer or even Flocking it, but was worried about what it would do to the sound, as the bare Copper works very well.
I ended up oxidizing the surface with some jewellers patina fluid.
It's not a perfectly even colour, but much more even than just leaving it to oxidize naturally, I quite like it.
I got the Patina fluid from a Jewellers supplier in Birmingham, its really nasty stuff, highly corrosive, fatal if swallowed and damages your lungs if you breath the fumes. I used gloves and face shield, has to be used out doors or in a fume cabinet. You use it diluted, 25ml to 1Litre of water, but you have to heat it to 60/70 deg C for best results. You immerse the Copper for 5 to 20 sec depending on how dark you want it. I went just over 20 sec which is about as dark as it will go.
This should protect it and be a fit and forget finish that doesn't effect the sound quality.
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nice job ken... copper/silver protectors should be fine too...
like this
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Trouble is Grant, if I'm not mistaken that is basically clear lacquer (paint) and may effect the acoustic interface between the Copper/Vinyl.
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its possible, i dont know but i doubt its the surface so much as the material and weight... but dont know.. still i like your idea
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
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