Fireplace Covers

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I bought this first cover for a song at an antique mall...
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and then a old boss mentioned she has another summer cover and a gas insert that I could have if I liked! :happy-cheerleadersmileygirl:

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oooooohhh they are pretty! I recommend a graphite stove polish for them - really brings out the pattern and lasts pretty much for ever
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Those are really neat!
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Thanks guys! I'll look for that polish, Mick!

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This is the stuff I use https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stovax-Black-W ... ec_signin&

I order it direct from amazon UK as it is ridiculously over priced from sellers here
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Corsettier, great find. Don't let those three nosey social workers see them, they'll have you up for possible rust and stove black violations.

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Gothichome wrote:Corsettier, great find. Don't let those three nosey social workers see them, they'll have you up for possible rust and stove black violations.


Agreed.

Next they'll be saying iron is a hazardous material and show up in tyvek suits to take them out!!

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The frolicking maiden theme throughout! I also like the insert/space heater. I've had my eye out for that style; they're not easy to find intact. Would the graphite polish be appropriate for it too?


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Manalto wrote:The frolicking maiden theme throughout! I also like the insert/space heater. I've had my eye out for that style; they're not easy to find intact. Would the graphite polish be appropriate for it too?


It comes down to taste, I love the look of it - looks more like bare iron than paint, kind of a metallic charcoal color. It really shows up the detail more than paint can, but even with the heat of a woodstove it lasts for years. I use it on all sorts of iron things. I even used it on the decorative cast iron base of one of my prized kerosene lamps.

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Originally it would likely have had some light plating or have ben painted, but that got lost years ago. When I got this lamp it the base was quite rusty. The stove polish is a non destructive way to beautify and protect it, and to be honest I prefer it to how it probably looked originally.
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or you can use your lamp to make lampblack ;-)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lampblack/

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