Awesome campsite OJ and the bike is looking great .
Thanks Brian. We have gone through many changes in 35 years from pup tent to large cabin tent to pop up trailer to hard shell trailer to slide outs on a bigger unit. The screen house has been a main fixture, and we want to restore that back with a new identical version in it's place. Like my oldest son said, "It has served us so well for the past almost 30 years. Let's shoot for another 30."Awesome campsite OJ and the bike is looking great .
Day 21
I can't do any physical work with my hands, but I can shoot a video! Just found some antiques to add to the Quasi-Moto build. Take a 6 min coffee break....
If you get out this way and have time, I'd love to host you for a tour of the BACK40. Some local brews might even be cracked!Awesome! I love using period correct accessories and embellishments
My youngest brother lives in Saint Paul, and one of my best friends is in Minneapolis. Hope to get out that way again sometime soon.
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Your stickers are in a couple spots in my workplaces. Proudly displayed!I took a 6 min coffee break and enjoyed this wonderful vid, and right at the end saw the Thompson's Grips sticker on your tool box.
Great vid.
Cool find. Reminds me of the custom commemorative brews I did for BEER RUN way back in BO6. Each brew was named after a prior winner.
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Yeah, me either. Every endeavor has it's own unique ins and outs, tips and tricks. I'm always game to learn something new!Pretty cool! I didn't realize old glass bottles could be restored.
Day 23
I may have found a new hobby. As if I needed another one! When upon searching for some info on how to clean up these old bottles, and getting some more information on their age, etc, I made a new friend. His name is Barry, and he is part of a 2 man team called "Ibuyoldbeer.com". And, he's from St Paul, MN ; my home city!
So, Barry assures me that my bottles are 'pre-prohibition' so manufactured before 1919 and probably after 1900. They can also be capped like a modern bottle, so my beer making brother who also lives in St Paul will be able to help me cap them when the time comes. Whether I put actual beer in the bottles or colored water, I haven't decided.
Barry also gave me some insight in how to get the milky white discoloration out of the glass. Glass is actually permeable, meaning it has pores, which fill up with old moisture and when it settles in and is undisturbed for 100 years or so, it imbues into the glass and is very hard to get out. My first step was to put some muratic acid in the bottle, and then add some copper bb's to act as a 'media' which will move the acid around and 'bead blast' it up against the insides of the bottle. And then I poured the bbs into a 1 gallon freezer bag and shook it around to bead blast the outside of the bottles.
So, they got pretty clean with that round that I did last night. Then today I filled a bucket with my 50/50 water and white vinegar, and with a soft scrubbie, I submerged and scrubbed the bottles. Then while they were still wet, I put them back in the copper bb bag and shook them up again. Finally, they got rinsed off in a fresh water bucket. (the vinegar will leave a white substance on the surface if you don't rinse it off with pure water)
Here's some photos and in the second to last one you can see the difference from start to finish today. They aren't perfect but WAY cleaner than when I got them!
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Before today's cleaning on the right, after on the left.
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All cleaned up and no place to go.
Memorial Day weekend in Minnesota. Warming by the fire.
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Memorial Day weekend in Alabama. Melting in the humidity.
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Humidity in Ohio is oppressive right now. 15-20 minute of outdoor activity is about all I can take.Memorial Day weekend in Alabama. Melting in the humidity.
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