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21.2.13
The Little Lighthouse has grown some legs!
The beautiful legs were wire brushed to get rid of the rust, then washed and readied for paint yesterday.
Today they were treated to 2 coats of Rust-Guard Satin Epoxy followed by a coat of clear lacquer and look like new again.
I decided that a coat of lacquer would also be applied to the brass to protect the finish as I intend to use this scope once completed.
Due to silver soldered joints being obvious on the tangent arm pivot I have epoxy painted it satin black as well.
The pivot mounting plate came up beautifully with polishing and will remain nice and shiny.
Tomorrow I hope to get the Altitude pivot/tube mounting plate polished up ready for lacquer.
Here is a progress pic of the base/pier:
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