Anyway, that wasn't what I came to post about.
I took apart the scales from the S. Crookes and did some sanding. I tried a few things to get the dye out first but to no avail. It seemed to be just on the surface and I figured maybe it would sand off.
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Most of it did sand off but it penetrated deep enough to where the remnant looks like hell. It looks like there was some natural streaking and whoever did the repair/restore/whatever either didn't like it or was trying to cover the little bit of delamination. I may try the hair dye remover stuff from the beauty supply store but then I will have more work dealing with it. Otherwise they get patched and go for a soak in the Rit brown dye for a week or two.
Also the previous person drilled the pivot end holes awfully large so that need a fill and redrill.
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