[AT] Old generator / Beilers .

[charlie hill]

Here is a trick that worked for me the other day.   I painted over a serial
number wery gently with a black magic marker and then put a piece of Scotch
tape over the area.  The tape pulled the ink from the flat area  leaving the
number visable in the un-inked area of the tape.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Myers" <walking_tractor at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Old generator / Beilers .


>
> Ivan Cousins <ivancou at usachoice.net> wrote:
> Larry , I didn't give any thought to the weight of the
> paper . Actually we
> do have some of the cheap tp , its best used in the rv
> . The softer kind
> plugs up the holding tank . But then the other half
> doesn't believe me , and
> she has her own roll .
> I tried the flashlight , and with a thin film of
> penetrating oil on it
> was able to read a good bit of the tag , found out the
> oil wt , 30 for
> summer ,20 for winter . But those stamped numbers were
> the hardest to read.
> I kinda shied away from power tools , instead used a
> small wire brush about
> toothbrush size and a scotch brite pad . I thought
> about electrolysis but
> since most of the tag is printed I thought it best not
> to try .
> Ivan
>
>
> Ivan and Mattias, I think the paper you want is
> Genuine Vegetable Parchment, commonly just called
> Parchment or Kitchen Parchment. (Not to be confused
> with real sheepskin). A very thin and strong paper
> like product. Never tried rubbings with it but I
> think it would work well.
>
> I use the light trick on a daily basis, Move the
> light around until it casts the right shadows.
> Sometimes I have to use different angles for different
> parts of the tag. :-)
>
> Good idea not to get aggressive with any old tag, it's
> probably seen enough abuse in it's life.
>
> Dave Myers
> Paw Paw, Michigan
>
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