https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mantles-Cover-Steam-Accessory-10x-Kerosene-Lantern-For-outdoor-camping/293541377012?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p205787 Get em while you can ..
@Alby I have had good results with these ones as well: 20 pieces Outdoor Camping Gas Lamp Mantles Lantern Replacement Mesh Cover | eBay I have used them to make specific sized mantles to suit the lamp as the can be cut down easily as seen here on my Veritas Superb. As seen Veritas Superb 1950's I cut about 20mm off the original size and retreaded the tying string. This method, although at first fiddly has worked where a 300-350cp mantle was required too. Regards Jeremy
Hi Jeremy thanks so much for that I have tried these B4....the ones I received were not all that good .The material I suppose was just about OK ...but the thread string ties were pathetic not even that good ...so they have to be re threaded which as you well know is a pain and so they remain unused ...good value though is you have ' nowt ta do'...take care
@Alby Agreed, the string isn’t the best however rethreading with a thick non sharp needle works well for me and on the odd couple that have snapped when tying off have been saved by the expedient use of some five amp fuse wire. Strangely all the ones I have snapped have not been retreaded. Regards Jeremy
Hi Folks Further to my comments and link to the cheap 500cp sock type single tie mantles I have produced (very badly) a chart showing original mantle sizes and the lengths I have used for adjustments where I haven’t had the correct one available for the lantern. I started by drawing round a 500cp as purchased and then a Coleman 21A as seen here: Adding measurements from my notes taken from earlier trials as here: The 400-450cp adaptation was used on my Veritas Superb: Veritas Superb 1950's The 300-350cp adaption was used on my Coleman 335P: Coleman 335 1980 Canada I’m sure I am not the first to do this however I hope my experiments are of interest to you. Regards Jeremy EDIT: Links shown.
An excellent bit of investigation and you actually could be the first. I've not seen this done before but then again I've not been a member of the site for that long. I'm pretty sure this will be really useful for fine tuning the amount of burn needed for different lanterns if you use Chinese mantles like I do quite often.
I came to post virtually word for word that Nils did. The actual test is, not what they look like now but once burnt in.
@Nils Stephenson @Matty I can of course measure the mantles I have adapted and burnt in which seem to work for the lamps I have mentioned, but don’t have the correct or specified ones to compare against. All I can say for me is they are working well on the lanterns I tried them on. Regards Jeremy
I'm thinking more on the lines of if you have brand X of a mantle that matches one of the dimensions above unburnt, then measure it again after being burnt in. Then do the same for brand Y and so on.
@X246A Jeremy, Good work, thank you for sharing. Handy to know when the mantle you require (or would usually use) isn't to hand. Regards, Alex
