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Filmless Water Slide Decal paper for silvered dials
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Another example of filmless water slide decal for dial restoration.
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Question about brass Ingraham face (Painted or plated Bronze?)
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Special decoration techniques
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Thoughts on restoring this tablet
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Re-silvering a 1913 Junghans bracket clock face.
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Tall case resilvering - what should be silver?
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Recommend UV Glass Glue for Broken Banjo Clock Glass
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Dial Silvering #2
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What Did this Dial Originally Look Like?
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Dial face cleaning
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Sort of a dial “restoration”
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smear on glass of mini ships bell clock schatz
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seth thomas regulator 1 tablet design ?
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First time resilvering, why did I wait so long?
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Dial FAIL. Or.... pass? Your opinion. Thanks.
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Wanted Seth Thomas Calendar strips
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How to treat metal dials?
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Cleaning a painted dial ?
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Flaking Seth Thomas dial repair
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Jim DuBois
Jim DuBois
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Who was Whitney Jocelin Annin & Co.
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How to repaint the numbers on a brass clock dial
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Aging New Dial
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Jim DuBois
Jim DuBois
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Looking for someone who does reverse painted glass
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WANTED:”Fashion” transfer/Decal
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mbegalla
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Conservation porcelain dial
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International Time Recorder lower glass decal?
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Contact info for Leslie's Dial Restoration
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Steven Thornberry
Steven Thornberry
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Seeking info on antique tablet
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Seth Thomas face removal?
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Jim Burghart
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Jim Burghart
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Engraver's Wax
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D.th.munroe
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How to restore a rubber dial from New Haven "CUMBERLAND" cast Iron clock
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Fenn tablet on Forestville ogee
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Suggestions on cleaning a stain
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