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Reply to "Another family heirloom!! SG 402 Lionel!"

Originally Posted by Steaming Jon:
Tried some fine solder and a low wattage iron- corners successfully repaired with no visible paint damage...

Nice!  It seems counter-intuitive, but when you have existing solder in the joint, you just need to melt it for an instant, and you don't really heat the tin up all that much.

 

Drive wheels are slightly problematic right now with the demise of MEW, who made the reproduction wheels.  But they do show up on eBay frequently.  Also try Hennings, they usually have some.

 

i also would avoid the wax, it doesn't improve things.  With tinplate, you either decide to completely refinish and get the shiny brand-new tinplate look, or clean up the original finish as best you can and run it as authentic collector's vintage. I would encourage the latter, this is a venerable old work horse. I've refinished tinplate, but not my family's heirlooms, they stay original.

 

david

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