How do you remove plaster from inside an antique lamp base to rewire it


beccaboo , Friday, 13th of August 2010 06:48:09 PM

l have an antique glass lamp base that needs to be rewired. The metal top 
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that holds the bulb is attached to the glass with plaster of paris, which 
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prevents us from taking it apart. Is soaking it in water for a long time 
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the only way to remove the plaster? Wo not that damage the metal?
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believe it is called Sauereisen cement.
 
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Tokyo Rose , Saturday, 14th of August 2010 04:56:50 AM

I would suggest that you write to these people:  
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http://wateronline.com/ecommcenters/sauereisen.html  
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The fact that you were even able to come up with the name Sauereisen made  
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things so much simpler. They have (for several decades) made what are  
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called ''potting compounds'' . These are cements used to secure  
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electronic gizmos inside a variety of plastic or metal containers. Email  
them, & if you can bend a sympathetic & interested ear down at that  
company, you will have everything you need at ur fingertips.  
 
You can probably break it down with hydrochloric (muriatic) acid,  
available at some hardware stores, but I don't want to send you there  
unless you need to be there. It can give you chemical burns. If THEY  
send you in that direction, I will warn you now: buy a face shield, gloves  
& a plastic apron.  
 
 
 
 
 
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