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Tue Dec 23 2014 03:54 PM
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Looks like a Lighthouse sign ,no?
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Looks like a Lighthouse sign ,no?
If anyone has any period photos of a roadside lighthouse would like to see them....or any other information about them...
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My first line of attack would be muriatic acid. DO NOT inhale the fumes.
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Billups, Southland, Rose Oil,Crystal Oil, Barq's
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Bar Keepers Friend and fine steel wool--you can find it at Walmart. 
Frank Jordan
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I agree with the Bar Keepers Friend and #0000 steel wool.But spray with WD40 first then the elbow grease.
Robert
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Thank you all for your recomendations...Has anyone used oven cleaner?...ovens are porcelain...
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The quick, cheap and easy way to remove rust stains is to use muratic acid and a scrub brush, followed by a rinse with water.
Repeat as needed.
Once you remove as much of the rust stains as possible use some fine WHITE rubbing compound and a buffer, followed by paste wax and a buffer.
You won't get the blue to look good. It's too far gone and the white or grey is showing through.
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oven cleaner is only for crud and recent stains in an oven, it won't do anything for this sign.
Be sure if you use Muratic Acid that you don't let it sit on it for too long, you'll then have more irreversible damage.
"Remember, history that is forgotten is doomed to repeat itself!"
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oven cleaner is only for crud and recent stains in an oven, it won't do anything for this sign.
Be sure if you use Muratic Acid that you don't let it sit on it for too long, you'll then have more irreversible damage. . X2 muriatic acid is strong stuff, porcelain is not indestuctible-especially if there is prior damage from acid rain,ect.
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Iron-X it works on most rust marks. Search it out on this site with the OG google search tab there was an extensive discussion on it earlier this year. Worth a try.
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Thanks so much for all the input I’ve gotten here, I hope everyone had a merry Christmas...Since I’ve never cleaned a porcelain sign…and have no experience at it and run the risk of messing it up worse…I’m reluctant to try cleaning it myself. On top of that I’m in it $1,100.00…and I’d rather not learn on an $1,100.00 sign…
So after thinking this thru and before even starting on it…I’ve realized I’d much prefer to find someone with experience to clean it. Would anyone know of someone in the Northern California area who could? Thanks -Carlton
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Carlton,
Sounds like you are hesitant to jump in...why not take a cleaning recommendation you are comfortable with from above and give it a shot to a small area on the back of the sign? Or, type in "porcelain sign" on your local craigslist, and buy the nastiest, hole infested porcelain sign in your area for $40 and go to town? Personally, I use Goop, its a gritless handcleaner. What Goop leaves behind, I am comfortable with. It took mother nature 80+ years to cook that sign, and I think it looks great as is. Minus a professional sign restoration, you are never going to replace the missing metal, or lost color shelving. Just my opinion, my speech is over.
Paul
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I am with Paul you are over thinking the risk. Take the measures he has suggested (Other side, small area) and use some elbow grease with whatever agent you choose. If DB were still here he would have mentioned that BEER is also an essential component of any cleaning/restoration job. Here is a link to Iron-X to show how easy the majority of the touted solutions are; http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=563325&page=1
Last edited by Gasman84470; Sat Dec 27 2014 11:50 AM.
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That sign is flippin killer!!!!
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