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Marc Schlemmer
Guest
I hate to believe that this whole marine light issue happened....and I am
sorry, Eric, that you are without your beautiful light.
Not to question Dave's look at the marine light, but last year in Celina I
had a similar feeling about my replacement marine light. I bought mine back
in late '97 from Hugh (a different batch, of course, but a reproduction) and
it was very nice. Late on Saturday of 2000, after it had rained all day, I
had noticed the marine light was a mess. All hazy and cloudy....it looked
like a film was over the entire unit. (Rick Young was there when I noticed
this - maybe he recalls the scene) I even rubbed it with my nail to see
what was on it, and the material was so soft (from the wetness of the rain
and dew) that my fingernail left gouges in it. The next week it was still
looking bad (cloudy and hazy on the outside surface) and I took it off and
Elizabeth buffed it out. In fact, she buffs it from time to time to get it
back into shape and looking shiny. After her buffing, it looks great again.
Is it possible that after the rain on Saturday night this year the same
thing happened? Maybe some sort of acid rain type effect? I'm convinced
that after the way that my light reacted, the material in the reproduction
lights has a tendency to do this.
Marc Schlemmer.
sorry, Eric, that you are without your beautiful light.
Not to question Dave's look at the marine light, but last year in Celina I
had a similar feeling about my replacement marine light. I bought mine back
in late '97 from Hugh (a different batch, of course, but a reproduction) and
it was very nice. Late on Saturday of 2000, after it had rained all day, I
had noticed the marine light was a mess. All hazy and cloudy....it looked
like a film was over the entire unit. (Rick Young was there when I noticed
this - maybe he recalls the scene) I even rubbed it with my nail to see
what was on it, and the material was so soft (from the wetness of the rain
and dew) that my fingernail left gouges in it. The next week it was still
looking bad (cloudy and hazy on the outside surface) and I took it off and
Elizabeth buffed it out. In fact, she buffs it from time to time to get it
back into shape and looking shiny. After her buffing, it looks great again.
Is it possible that after the rain on Saturday night this year the same
thing happened? Maybe some sort of acid rain type effect? I'm convinced
that after the way that my light reacted, the material in the reproduction
lights has a tendency to do this.
Marc Schlemmer.