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Not good news for the purist conservators I'm afraid, I removed the first 3 layers of black paint to find some etch primer and more black paint. The primer has eaten into the original shellac coating as well, so it looks like all the coatings are going to be removed for the brassware to be lacquered with shellac.
The previous machining of some parts will now be less obvious and I may be able to silversolder brass plugs into the drilled holes. FUN FUN FUN.
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