Torc About Lucky 2022 Part 3

 Torc About Lucky 2022 Part 3

Finally the Horse Shoe is Dry and looking splendid

Horse Shoe Back Finished

 

The Back of the Horse Shoe is still a little rougher than I would like. However unless I completed Scraped off the Paint where the Carrier Bag had made its impression it wasn’t going to get any better.

Horse Shoe Front Finished

 

The Front of the Horse Shoe came out lovely. Any defects are in the actual Shoe not the Spraying. This is because of course it is a used Horse Shoe.

Celtic Arghh

 I simply had to have a play. Now I had my Torc I decided to take some photographs with it on.

Celtic Grr

 

It took quite some time to Braid all my hair.

Celtic Norm

 

I found some very old Eyeshadow and a Blue Eyeliner to do the Make-Up.

Celtic Collar

 

I have moved my hair back a bit so you can have a better look at the Torc Collar. Obviously real Torcs usually weren’t made from Horse Shoes. They also often had animals on the Ends.

That might be something I may add but for now I am happy. Torc about Lucky it came out alright.

Torc About Lucky 2022 Part 2

 Torc About Lucky 2022 Part 2

I have finished the cleaning which in the end included using not only the tools but also ‘The Pink Stuff’, Wire Wool and a lot of Elbow Grease

Ford Aztec

 

I got a Can of Car Spray from the shop. Since I wanted a Brown/Gold colour to resemble an old Torc Necklace I chose the colour Ford Aztec.

Horse Shoe Sprayed Back

 

I put some paper down and started Spraying. It seemed to cover reasonably well.

Horse Shoe Sprayed Front

 

I then proceeded to Spray the Front of the Horse Shoe.

Not Fully Covered

 

After waiting 24 Hours for it to dry I noticed it hadn’t fully covered so had to give it another Spray.

Disaster Respray.

 I dropped a Clanger. The Carrier Bag had been blown by the wind and partly Stuck to the Shoe. I therefore had to Bite the Bullet and Respray. This time to be on the Safe side I decided to Spray directly with it place on the Shelf.

I added a Board to warn folks not to touch it.

Torc About Lucky 2022

 Torc About Lucky 2022

Back in 2018 my friend was kind enough to take me to the National Coal Mining Museum.

My Friend Finn

 It was Finn’s 10^th Birthday. He is a beautiful Clydesdale Horse.

Finn’s Shoe

 

During a visit to the Blacksmith I was given one of Finn’s old Shoes.

7 Inch Long

 

It is hard to properly gauge the size so I thought I would get out the measuring tape and from Top to Bottom it was 7 Inches Long.

7 Inch Wide

 

Since it is a Curved object I thought I would Measure it at its Widest point. Unbelievably it is as Wide as it was Long.

5 Inch Heel

 

Lastly I Measured across at the Bottom. Finn’s Heel was 2 Inches Less at 5 Inches.

Horse Shoe Tools

 

An idea is brewing in my brain. How at first I needed to get my Tools to clean the Horse Shoe.

Apologies for the layout, Not sure what happened.

Bamboo No Bargain 2022 Part 3

 Bamboo No Bargain 2022 Part 3

I wanted the Dish to be as resilient as possible so I gave all parts about 4 Coats of Varnish

Slot into Holder

 

My next job was to put the Grill and Holder back together. I Slotted the Grill into the Holder.

Add Glue

 

I carefully Added Glue to the Top Edges. I had to make sure that the Grill was in the Centre as I didn’t want to Glue that as well.

Place Top

 

I then Placed the Top part on the Glue and left it to dry.

Slide in Vertical

 

When I had taken them apart I hadn’t realised that I had removed different Edges. Therefore I had to repeat the process only this time I was Sliding in the Grill Vertically.

Bamboo Ready

 

Bamboo Dishes Ready for use. I have to say that so far my endeavours have paid off and as yet no Mould has reappeared.