Stainless Steel Swedish Army Trangia's

[jdlenton]

I'm contemplating stripping the paint from my two Stainless sets too but as the general said at the last meet up "bead blasting is the devils work" they should stand it but then you will have the problem of the texture gathering dirt in the pits and you will never be able to get them clean especially after use on an open fire .

I was contemplating using some paint stripper, nitromorse or something like that to get the paint off and then some sort of polish on my buffer or by hand, but I’m not sure what to do. I think I’ll try the stripper and see where that gets me might even end up painting them green again!



If anyone has any better ideas please post them I really want to polish my stainless

 

[AJB]

I was thinking of that too, but I thought shot/sand blasting would be the less grief alternative – I’m fundamentally lazy!

Please let us know how you get on and what you used.

 

[bothyman]

Try a Paint Preparation Disc places like Screwfix and B&Q sell them.
They take the paint off but do not damage the metal.

>> http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?cId=101282&ts=39424

MickT

 

[jdlenton]

I was thinking of something like that for the final finish give it a brushed looking effect, but it won’t get in to all the nooks and crannies of the hinges and wire loops like a liquid stripper would and I’m not sure that cleaning a brushed surface of soot would be as easy as a polished one.



If there are any mods reading this do we need a new thread for this it’s gone a bit off topic and it seems that there are a few of us interested?

If so can you put the last set of posts about removing paint and polishing stainless in the new thread please?

 

[bothyman]

You could use the prep disc for the body then clean out the fiddly bits with paint stripper, after that you could polish it up with fine steel wool and metal polish.

The thread ran off topic before when it went on to undyed meths and I nearly missed out on Tommy's offer as I stopped reading it as I was not interested in it.
Thanks for the PM, Tommy.

Not quite sure why you want to polish it ?? mine has a dent in it and a piece of grubby tape with someones name on it, pulled the tape off and left the backing behind will wait till I use and pick it off when it is warm,
plus if you leave it as it is you won't see the soot so easily??
I reckon it is better the way it is it will save me moaning if I drop it.

MickT

 

[jdlenton]

Yes I know I could save myself a lot of hassle and hard work by just leaving it as is but Stainless just begs to be polished and anyway I like shiny things



ooh lovely shiny things (shrug and rub hands) lovely shiny things

 

[AJB]

Yes I know I could save myself a lot of hassle and hard work by just leaving it as is but Stainless just begs to be polished and anyway I like shiny things



ooh lovely shiny things (shrug and rub hands) lovely shiny things

Me too – and it’s even better if it takes batteries! - I don’t know, it’s just a fetish!

 

[Brian]

Tommy,

Got mine today, thanks mate. It must have taken you a while to wrap them that well. I'll keep mine painted as I don't like shiny pots. Thanks once again for organising this for us all.

Brian

 

[Grez]

Tommy,

Just picked mine up from the post office. They are great. Thanks for all your effot in sorting this out.

Cheers

Grez..

 

[Bumblebee]

And just to clarify, I have changed username from tommywidenflycht to Bumblebee. I have thought about this a long time, and beeing called "that swede with the long name" more than once at the bushmoot I decided to do this after this group buy.

 

[bothyman]

I'm putting 99p on this hope no one out bids me .

I found it first

>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bushcraft-cam...230338367QQcategoryZ16036QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[rapidboy]

I'm putting 99p on this hope no one out bids me .

I found it first

>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bushcraft-cam...230338367QQcategoryZ16036QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[bothyman]

That was quick

 

[rapidboy]

By the time my new one arrived from the bulk buy i had found my old alu and stainless stoves and my old one is in better condition

 

[Bumblebee]

By the time my new one arrived from the bulk buy i had found my old alu and stainless stoves and my old one is in better condition

You ungrateful *bleep*, what do you mean by ruining my plans for world domination in stainless steel mess kit flogging?

Seriously mate, I hope you'll get your money back! It will be interesting to see what it goes for!

And it was pure chance what stove everybody got, I just took the first one I could reach when packing them.

 

[TwoFourAlpha]

And just to clarify, I have changed username from tommywidenflycht to Bumblebee.

You'll always be Tommy Cooker to me.

 

[anthonyyy]

Anybody done a back to back test of the aluminium and ss stoves? In particular on the frying pan as regards nonstickabilityness.

How can you tell the difference between the two by looking at them?

 

[bothyman]

Anybody done a back to back test of the aluminium and ss stoves? In particular on the frying pan as regards nonstickabilityness.

How can you tell the difference between the two by looking at them?

Easy ones green , ones shiny.

 

[Bumblebee]

Anybody done a back to back test of the aluminium and ss stoves? In particular on the frying pan as regards nonstickabilityness.

How can you tell the difference between the two by looking at them?

For a start the one I sent to you is stainless steel

The alu ones are riveted and the the ss ones are "point-welded", there is also a clear difference how steel and alu looks like. Hard to explain but alu is alu and steel is steel

 

[Bumblebee]

Easy ones green , ones shiny.

Not that easy, the alu ones comes both painted green and raw alu.