Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Looks pretty much the same as the one I have. Mine is an 8 foot. If you have the tail, measure it's length. I think that should give you an idea on what size its supposed to be. Also the number of wheel spokes. Yours has the same amount as mine

Agreed on Coopers. One of my favorites. City Market in Luling is also pretty high up there for me.

The vane hasn't changed much since the picture I posted the other day. I've only done a couple small spots. The lemon juice does eat at the paint so I'm having to work around it. Going to take a while to do the whole thing. I might also try vinegar and see if it's easier on the paint so I can just s...

I'm afraid how the clr might react with the galvanization. However I tried lemon juice and it seems to do the trick. Even brings back the shine to the galvanization that's under the rust stain. I don't think it's the vane itself that's rusted. Looks like something was sitting on it that left rust st...

Magic eraser also had no effect. Think I will try wetting paper towels with vinegar and setting them on the spots to keep it off the letters and see if that does anything

Pb blaster had no effect. Maybe lemon juice? And that's a good idea on doing a stencil windy, thank you!

Any recommendations how to safely remove surface rust stains that won't hurt the galvanization or paint?

Passed through Blanco yesterday and saw this standing proud just off 281.

I do like the look of those open gear aerators..

That is very cool. I have an old oil signal lamp my late step father left me. Still works perfectly