W. Hilditch
Active member
Here we have a circa 1870/80 water pot commonly called a tea kettle. It arrived coated in black seasoning, with two rusted out 1/4” holes in it rather than one and a small crack, it was an inch longer than advertised (12” rather than 11” which killed it’s chosen display place), the feet are not long enough to stop it from spinning and it arrived with a chipped spout sticking out of the box by retail ground rather than the priority mail I paid to have. Needless to say, it was free thanks to Paypal.
Did my duty and gave it a lye bath followed by the e-tank. No name, no numbers, just a gate mark. It appears to have had a coating/plating once upon a time but nowhere is it thick enough to tell what it was. It is not paint. Just enough to discolor the CI in places. The rust you see is mostly flash rust I think. The inside is rust. Serious rust. Probably 50 to 99% of the CI thickness.
I don’t want it and don’t know anyone who would want it. I’m not into selling stuff and have no idea where it will land. Do I fill the holes with high temp Quick Steel? Oil it? Season it? Paint it? Bury it? Now what?
Hilditch
Did my duty and gave it a lye bath followed by the e-tank. No name, no numbers, just a gate mark. It appears to have had a coating/plating once upon a time but nowhere is it thick enough to tell what it was. It is not paint. Just enough to discolor the CI in places. The rust you see is mostly flash rust I think. The inside is rust. Serious rust. Probably 50 to 99% of the CI thickness.
I don’t want it and don’t know anyone who would want it. I’m not into selling stuff and have no idea where it will land. Do I fill the holes with high temp Quick Steel? Oil it? Season it? Paint it? Bury it? Now what?
Hilditch