I've got 2 of these, they both started off the same, sea recovered a long time ago (not by me, I bought them!).
One has been dipped and cleaned ready for the final stage (paint and clear varnish on the lead).
The other one has just been put in to soak as you can see from the photos.
It was nice to find some markings on it when all the sea crud came off.
NOTE - SOMETHING TO REMEMBER IF YOU'VE DOING UP LEAD COATED SHELLS IS THAT THE LEAD IS TOXIC, not only can you breath it in it also gets ingested through the skin so make sure you keep it damp when working on it and wear rubber gloves.
All solid and INERT, nothing nasty here (apart from the lead).
Dave.
One has been dipped and cleaned ready for the final stage (paint and clear varnish on the lead).
The other one has just been put in to soak as you can see from the photos.
It was nice to find some markings on it when all the sea crud came off.
NOTE - SOMETHING TO REMEMBER IF YOU'VE DOING UP LEAD COATED SHELLS IS THAT THE LEAD IS TOXIC, not only can you breath it in it also gets ingested through the skin so make sure you keep it damp when working on it and wear rubber gloves.
All solid and INERT, nothing nasty here (apart from the lead).
Dave.