Advice for polishing and cleaning up nickel plating

via Erik Bruchez https://www.facebook.com/groups/705152958470148/posts/1230905545894884/

Others recommend penetrating oil or WD-40 in combination with 0000 steel wool which should be enough to remove corrosion, but not damage the nickel plating.

I've also seen Marty Morren suggest 0000 inside Dremel tools for dealing with nickel plated key rings.

via Marty Morren https://www.facebook.com/groups/705152958470148/posts/1190871013231671/

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1oouq6o/chrome_typewriters/

• Gorham silver-bodied Corona portables made for the Christmas season of 1931

Gold plated machines: - Royal Quiet De Luxes - Olympia SM3

Most of the rest of the machines out there were aftermarket cleaning and restoration related work.

Marketing:<br /> The Corona was one of a number that were plated in 24 K gold for a Luis Vuitton marketing campaign

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1lhyag4/the_good_the_bad_and_the_uglies/

Bericht zur Geopolitik der Metalle, die für die postfossile Wirtschaft von existenzieller Wichtigkeit sind. Die größten Vorkommen werden bei den wichtigsten Metallen nur von wenigen Ländern kontrolliert. Studien der europäischen Zentralbank und des Welt Währungsfonds beschäftigen sich vor allem damit, dass diese Länder entweder zum Block um die USA oder zu dem um China gehören. https://www.repubblica.it/economia/rubriche/eurobarometro/2024/07/23/news/metalli_rari_transizione_produttori-423409409/

• for: progress trap - green growth - nickel mining - evicting uncontacted tribe

• progress trap: green growth - mining

  • Capitalist logic justifies this violence
  • We destroy the earth in order to save the earth
  • Question
    • Is this really the way we should be doing things?
    • Is the green growth agenda really going to keep humanity safe? Or will the unintended consequences, the progress trap be worse than the problem it is attempting to solve?

• for: green growth - ethics - indigenous violence, Indonesia - violence against indigenous people, progress trap - green growth - nickel mining - eviction of indigenous people

How Phosphorus is used in a smartphone.