Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Hi Jim, I don't know if they have improved this stuff and they likely have since the temp ratings are considerably higher than they were. The VHT was claimed good for 500 degrees F.

The old VHT clear was never perfectly clear in my experience. It was always a little hazy.

I would be very interested to know more if you should try it out on an engine.

Gil

I would assume it will help that they are not exposed to flame, but I imagine the brass will still darken from the temperature change. the good part is it should be an even darkening/aging, and no fingerprints. Looking forward to the results, please keep us updated.

Thanks Nick and Bruce, hope it works well in the long term.

@Nick can you post up a pick of your nickel plated chuff pot....just to drive home my sorrow at not getting mine plated

Thanks Nick and Bruce, hope it works well in the long term.

@Nick can you post up a pick of your nickel plated chuff pot....just to drive home my sorrow at not getting mine plated

I hope you don't mind Jim, but here's the largest one Geoff made at the time, made especially for my #50, he used to ask me several times a year where this video was so he could forward it to a potential customer as a sales tool. Ironically, he & Glenn (XL chainsaw) were developing the chuff enhancer and offered to make me one for $75 extra, not really knowing how much off an improvement it would make...& for the extra cost I told him no, I don't need one, he built it anyway & sent it with the chuff pot @ no charge, what a nice bloke. 

beautiful.... simply beautiful.

I wonder how a demon chuff pot would look blued Fleischmann style (purple-blue look) I have a small brass one I bought second-hand… Scott told me he had the bluing recipe, but said it was top-secret 

Very nice hardware - unfortunately not available in Switzerland

Arnold