I'm replacing a bunch of 100 year old, really crappy and rusty pendant light chain with black 1/4" 1-Ton chain. Believe it's Sch. 80? Experimented with de-rusting or coating the old chain - not going to be worth doing. Nor-would tumbling in removing the old patina & just re-rusting.
I have in scrap chain stock just enough 48" sections of chain hoist chain - which is black and will be just fine for the look. Tried spraying the black chain with oak tint stain w. polyurathane... to add more of a brown tint (same thing I'm using on all the fixtures to refresh their original appearance after cleaning,) but the chain wasn't tinted enough by it to be useful. Hopefully the zinc plated, than sand blasted lap links, that were re-painted Epoxy enamel black, will take the stain/poly paint... Otherwise I'll have to just use Krayon "Dulling Spray" on them. Too gloss in connection points. Easy enough.
Problem is, I'm am not installing the lighting fixtures on-site - just restoring them, the electrical contractors will be installing them as they pull new wiring. Good thing - the old wiring not just to age, but the over-wattaging of the lamps has made all wiring feeding the fixtures & feeding thru the outlet boxes... unsafe.
So given the chain is long, and many fixtures will be installed in new locations - many links will need to be cut during the install.
I'm fairly certain a bolt cutter will not cut this chain, at best more than a few times before the jaws are too damaged. Is this true - even if a say quality brand of large bolt cutter? Next choice on-site would be a cordless grinder with cutoff wheel. Advise them to put the chain in a portable bench vise to hold it stable?
This grinder cutoff wheel the best choice on site where there is no real say abrasive cutoff wheel chop saw or pneumatic die grinder options?
I have in scrap chain stock just enough 48" sections of chain hoist chain - which is black and will be just fine for the look. Tried spraying the black chain with oak tint stain w. polyurathane... to add more of a brown tint (same thing I'm using on all the fixtures to refresh their original appearance after cleaning,) but the chain wasn't tinted enough by it to be useful. Hopefully the zinc plated, than sand blasted lap links, that were re-painted Epoxy enamel black, will take the stain/poly paint... Otherwise I'll have to just use Krayon "Dulling Spray" on them. Too gloss in connection points. Easy enough.
Problem is, I'm am not installing the lighting fixtures on-site - just restoring them, the electrical contractors will be installing them as they pull new wiring. Good thing - the old wiring not just to age, but the over-wattaging of the lamps has made all wiring feeding the fixtures & feeding thru the outlet boxes... unsafe.
So given the chain is long, and many fixtures will be installed in new locations - many links will need to be cut during the install.
I'm fairly certain a bolt cutter will not cut this chain, at best more than a few times before the jaws are too damaged. Is this true - even if a say quality brand of large bolt cutter? Next choice on-site would be a cordless grinder with cutoff wheel. Advise them to put the chain in a portable bench vise to hold it stable?
This grinder cutoff wheel the best choice on site where there is no real say abrasive cutoff wheel chop saw or pneumatic die grinder options?