Re: Foiling ??

[chasbo@xxxxxxxxx]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:19:30 -0700 (PDT), Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Oct 19, 7:51?pm, cha...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> For the first coat, I used a box (formerly containing Ademco # 39's or
>> 39-2's), placing it against the window frame, and with varnish on the
>> brush, and the brush handle pressed against the side of the box, slid
>> both the box and brush, in unison, down the frame. ?When applying the
>> the foil I used a rubber suction cup to hold the foil on the opposite
>> side of the window. ?The original use of the suction cup was to hold a
>> styrofoam "head" for mounting a woman's wig.
>>
>> I still have the heavily coated box in my foil box, a box I have not
>> opened for many years. ?The varnish is probably highly congealed.
>>
>> WHen reparing foil breaks I would use Silver-Print, an expensive one
>> or two ounce bottle containing silver suspended in solvent. ?It came
>> with a brush in the handle. ?I simply applied a coat to the break, 1/2
>> inch on both sides; when dried it completed the circuit. ?On cold
>> winter glass the drying took longer. ?I would then coat the area
>> again, apply another piece of foil to protect the silver-print and
>> varnish once more.
>>
>
>Didn't you have the Ademco foil splicing tool?  ( the pizza cutter)
>
>Did you carry a fan with you to remove the condensation from the
>single pane storefront windows?

Never liked that tool.  I would always use a pin or point of my pocket
knife to administer a dozen or so pricks, in addition to the use of
the Silver-Print.  Never would  foil windows heavily condensated.
Small sections, mostly in the winter, I warmed up with a hair dryer.
On rare occasion I would use the dryer to hasten the drying on a
patch.  Time was money and needed to get to the next job.

It was always a fun and interesting time when on the top of a step
ladder just inside the front door of a convenience store (especially
the 7-11's when they first arrived in Massachusetts -- we had all of
their eastern Massachusetts stores - when they actucally closed at
11:00PM) I would observe the courteous customers pause a reasonable
length of time until I finished applying the foil and descend from the
ladder.  At the other extreme were the clods and idiots without
concern for anyone but themselves would look up once, then fling the
door open and squeeze by the ladder.