Got this from ebay recently & the seller said it was a 220B , but they had no idea really as it was a 220E from 1961 Very unloved & with some major rust on the fount under the collar But a bit of luck , electricians lead solder & TLC the repair was done & holes filled including a dent repair too The cage , burner parts & collar had two days in the "citric acid bath of destiny" to get them clean , citric acid loves to eat rust , but is fairly gentle on good steel brass etc & it was fairly full when parts were removed from the bucket Looking a little bit better now i'm glad to say & working very well with a little Meva hurricane lamp for company Original glass I painted the fount with Hammerite dark green smooth although not quite the right shade , but nice & shiny & the hood darkens off when hot then match's up very nicely Stu
Excellent! Fantastic! Restore job. That Coleman 220E lantern came out looking great! I also have a 220E.
Lead wiping?! Old school?! Just exactly how is this process done? Never heard of lead wiping before? Sounds simple though?
G'day Mr Lantern, As the term suggests lead wiping is filling a hole or dent with solder rather than bog. The area to be filled is first tinned then the solder is heated to a malleable state and wiped into the dent or hole. A quick rub or wipe with a cloth smooths out the lead. Use to be very common once until lead poisoning became an issue. Check out YouTube as it is still used on vintage cars.
It's something I learned on a huge scale when working for the GPO (now British telecom). Many of the cables were lead sheathed and where you had a join you had use a lead sleave and then make a water tight seal at each end with a lead wiped joint. It was quite a skill and a dying art...
Not exactly the same as this is a much smaller cable and we used solid sleeves that covered the entire joint, but you can get the idea... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5fyhqwLS3o
