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Both towers I regularly ring at (St. Peter's Chertsey & St. Peter's
Staines) have recently bought the Big Wilf muffles and the South
African rubberised paint he supplies. We have found both excellent. The
muffles are well made and the paint is excellent at stopping them
slipping.<br>
<br>
Don't paint the clappers with the bells up! Another tower I heard of
did this. Apart from being very dangerous, if you survive, you will end
up with the clapper stuck to the bell!<br>
<br>
The paint takes weeks to wear off  your hands so wear latex gloves or
similar.<br>
<br>
Peter<br>
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Alan Taylor wrote:
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 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Good
experience with them at St Clement
Danes. But, if you have shinny slippery clappers you do need to paint
the part
of the shank where the muffle is fixed and the flight. Big Wilf
supplies the
paint.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Alan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a>] <b><span
 style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Dickon Love<br>
  <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> 08 March 2009
14:26<br>
  <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a><br>
  <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [<st1:City
 w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City> Historians]
Muffles</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 style="font-size: 12pt;">What are people's experience with Big Wilf's
muffles
as opposed to the<br>
standard Whitechapel muffles? Is it true the clappers have to be<br>
treated with a non-slip paint first?<br>
  <br>
Advice welcome.<br>
  <br>
DrL <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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