[Bell Historians] St Peter's Italian Church

[matthewhigby at a...]

In a message dated 28/09/02 16:10:00 GMT Daylight Time, csz_stl at s... 
writes:


> The Lancaster steel bells mentioned above have 
> certainly been treated with such a substance; I was told that this 
> was done when Schulmerich replaced the chime transmission a few years 
> ago. While it does give the bells a dark and slightly damp 
> appearance, it does not drip, and apparently is not at all volatile. 
> It doesn't obscure the inscriptions at all, though it remains to be 
> seen whether it will eventually collect enough dirt (a la vehicle 
> motors) to do that.
> 

Waxoyl?

I think that was what the Liverpool gang used on the ex Bootle ring.

Matthew
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