If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

any "re-enamelling" service in Ireland?

martco · 2022-10-11 10:00:50

I'm about to get stuck into restoring a 50's Aladdin Blue Flame paraffin heater, lovely looking thing and works (sort of lol) It's body (think a simple section of steel pipe) and top hat are enamel coated in a lovely jade colour and it's a iconic defining feature of this paraffin heater from what I can see online there's a…

Options

11-10-2022 11:00am

#1

martco

Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭

Join Date: July 2009

Posts: 305

I'm about to get stuck into restoring a 50's Aladdin Blue Flame paraffin heater, lovely looking thing and works (sort of lol)
It's body (think a simple section of steel pipe) and top hat are enamel coated in a lovely jade colour and it's a iconic defining feature of this paraffin heater from what I can see
online there's a few vids of lads restoring these devices and they strip/repaint them in various ways including the two enamelled parts I'm referring to
I wanted to see if it was possible at all to stay original and re-enamel the parts?
anyone out there ever done this or similar could advise me?
thanks

0