04-10-2018, 07:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-10-2018, 08:14 AM by Crispianus.)
Thanks guys its appreciated..
In regards to the Shoe Black, I would suggest not leaving it to brew more then 4 weeks and then decant it through a filter(or use it up at that point) as it becomes contaminated with excess ferrous oxide particularly at the lower acid content levels... this can cause a rusty brown suface coating on the leather which luckily though can be easily removed...
Still testing the solutions I prepared, one of which was Roasted Ferrous oxide Bog ore, which has succesfully produced a black stain without excess iron contamination, I was by no means certain it would work at all but it appears it does.....
About to check on the PH values later today...
Shoes 2+5 from Balmuildy seem like a fairly close style to the Carbatina(with the exception of the toe) so may reinforce its possible Antonine date, similar shoes are found at several forts on the Antonine Wall....
In regards to the Shoe Black, I would suggest not leaving it to brew more then 4 weeks and then decant it through a filter(or use it up at that point) as it becomes contaminated with excess ferrous oxide particularly at the lower acid content levels... this can cause a rusty brown suface coating on the leather which luckily though can be easily removed...
Still testing the solutions I prepared, one of which was Roasted Ferrous oxide Bog ore, which has succesfully produced a black stain without excess iron contamination, I was by no means certain it would work at all but it appears it does.....
About to check on the PH values later today...
Shoes 2+5 from Balmuildy seem like a fairly close style to the Carbatina(with the exception of the toe) so may reinforce its possible Antonine date, similar shoes are found at several forts on the Antonine Wall....
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
