05-02-2007, 07:01 PM
I was planning to use cold enamel, but epoxy might be a good option too.
The only problem I see is with tinning the plates then... If you first tin them the tinning will be destroyed by filing the epoxy flush with the metal. And I don't know what the tinning proces will do to the epoxy if this is applied first...
Slightly off topic: would a belt with type A plates with punced in decoration be out of place for a second half of the 1st century AD impression? Most people who reenact this period wear belts with type B beltplates but there seems to be quite a lot of evidence for type A beltplates in the 2nd half of the 1st century AD too.
Vale,
The only problem I see is with tinning the plates then... If you first tin them the tinning will be destroyed by filing the epoxy flush with the metal. And I don't know what the tinning proces will do to the epoxy if this is applied first...
Slightly off topic: would a belt with type A plates with punced in decoration be out of place for a second half of the 1st century AD impression? Most people who reenact this period wear belts with type B beltplates but there seems to be quite a lot of evidence for type A beltplates in the 2nd half of the 1st century AD too.
Vale,
