Re: Foiling ??

[chasbo@xxxxxxxxx]

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.

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:00 -0400, "Robert L Bass"
<Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Jim Rojas" wrote:
>>
>> Back then, the double stick tape was of poor quality. I would remove it and
>> use a 3M double stick tape that was basically good for life. I liked the
>> smaller Ademco blocks. The Amseco model were fine as is, but they were
>> rather large for its function.
>
>Remember those "automatic" foil applicators that came out umpteen years ago?
>The things were supposed to save lots of time while making anyone an expert at
>foiling.  I tried one and the results were not as straight as I could do using
>a matchbook or playing card.