Dampfzauberer
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Wilesco Burner in a different finishSorted out my Wilesco D4's burner....
It was badly covered in soot and esbit residue.
So had to clean it, but how?
I settled for my trusted brass brush.
It is a brush with quite long brass wires, ideal for cleaning the burner 
Brushed all over and there it was, shiney as new...
But wait...i did not like it now, as it looked too new for a 50's Wilesco Burner....
Then i had the 
I took the blueing-stuff....heatended up the burner a bit with a torch..and wiped all over it....
Here's the result
This is just the first try...maybe i'll do it a second time.
What do you others think?
Now it is siiting back under the boiler.
As the area under the boiler, the inside of the firebox, is still a bit dirty and dark, if firts perfectly as it is not shiney 
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johnreid
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What bluing stuff did you use? Always want to learn about different materials and that looks so good.
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Roundy
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What is that crappy tar like stuff that comes out of esbit fire lighters- it makes a right mess wherever you put the burner down when it is hot and i have found it tends to glue the burner into the fire box on my willesco te?
not to mention blocks up all the air holes and makes them not burn so well!
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toxx
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... good work, Mirko! I like the colour ... though I don't use the Esbit burners anymore - switched to meths. Cleaner and cheaper than Esbit. Could you add a pix of your D4?
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Les Marsh
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Nice job Mirko, suits the engine better that colour.
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Dampfzauberer
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| Roundy wrote: | What is that crappy tar like stuff that comes out of esbit fire lighters- it makes a right mess wherever you put the burner down when it is hot and i have found it tends to glue the burner into the fire box on my willesco te?
not to mention blocks up all the air holes and makes them not burn so well! |
That's the residues of the burnt esbite (i guess it's the pure stuff that holds the meths in a solid form)
Watch out, it is liquid when it is hot, it can drip out of the hot buner, so be carefull!
Wilesco says (in their instructions) to take the buner immediately out when you finished steaming...otherwise it will gum up and you can't take it out easily
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Dampfzauberer
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| johnreid wrote: | | What bluing stuff did you use? Always want to learn about different materials and that looks so good. |
Birchwood Blueing for Guns
US - Stuff..works good 
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Dampfzauberer
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This is how my little wilesco looks like now, with the blackened burner...
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toxx
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... beautiful! Seems to be a D5, though: Whistle, curved steam pipe.
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Dampfzauberer
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| toxx wrote: | | ... beautiful! Seems to be a D5, though: Whistle, curved steam pipe. |
Okay, then it's a D5
The instruction was for the D4 / D5...
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toxx
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... damm good runners, these little buggers are. Here's a pix of my old D4, which I gave up for my Jensen #85. It's even simpler than the D5 - but loveable just the same (I will have one once again, I solemly swear! ):
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Dampfzauberer
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Aaahhh...thank you!
Now i know where the difference is 
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toxx
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... weißt was echt stark wäre? To have the entire range of Wilescos, starting from the rather new D3 (which I presonally don't like - it doesn't fit in) up to the D32.
D4, D5/6 ... das Atomkraftwerk, the D28 ... and to top it off, the D32.
Space to put them and money to buy them!
Cheers, mate!
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Dampfzauberer
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Good idea, but to avoid the D3  i would only collect the greybase models
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mogogear
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Careful Mirko, Don't tell Reid about your miracle finish... he will be fit to be tied!! He has spent some hours on boiler finish..
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johnreid
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| Dampfzauberer wrote: | | johnreid wrote: | | What bluing stuff did you use? Always want to learn about different materials and that looks so good. |
Birchwood Blueing for Guns
US - Stuff..works good |
I think I have some too! I was thinking of future touch up on my Fleischmann Boiler, for now I will put up with any blemishes as they are few.
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oldstuff
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Mirko, that's a 50's D5? I think I have one like that. But I figured mine was
probably from the 60's...maybe it's older than I thought!
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