35w Revo Lucidor, before bowls restoration
Acquired sometime last month, its believed this Revo Lucidor saw service somewhere in Wolverhampton, an area where they saw good popularity. Its overall condition is brilliant, and despite how the bowl looked when I received it, I made sure to give that some extra attention, seeing how good a (hidden) condition it was in.
I believe these bowls were cast by using a resinous product very similar to the resin used in Fibreglass, owing to the fact theres no dip circles usually left from injection moulding, and the surface actually cracking over the years rather than just yellowing or going milky. It also smells the same as a fibreglass face on a internally lit sign I saved not so long ago. The longer this cracking happens, the more brittle the plastic becomes, and the more dirt is trapped, hence the brown almost black colour they always seem to get. I decided to wet dry sand it to remove the cracking and restore the clear properties back to this old plastic. Seven hours of sanding, and polishing later, the results are absolutely spectacular. I will now restore the lantern in its entirety so the now restored bowl can be shown off in greater detail.

35w Revo Lucidor, before bowls restoration

Acquired sometime last month, its believed this Revo Lucidor saw service somewhere in Wolverhampton, an area where they saw good popularity. Its overall condition is brilliant, and despite how the bowl looked when I received it, I made sure to give that some extra attention, seeing how good a (hidden) condition it was in.
I believe these bowls were cast by using a resinous product very similar to the resin used in Fibreglass, owing to the fact theres no dip circles usually left from injection moulding, and the surface actually cracking over the years rather than just yellowing or going milky. It also smells the same as a fibreglass face on a internally lit sign I saved not so long ago. The longer this cracking happens, the more brittle the plastic becomes, and the more dirt is trapped, hence the brown almost black colour they always seem to get. I decided to wet dry sand it to remove the cracking and restore the clear properties back to this old plastic. Seven hours of sanding, and polishing later, the results are absolutely spectacular. I will now restore the lantern in its entirety so the now restored bowl can be shown off in greater detail.

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lampy   [14 Oct, 2020 at 10:14 PM]
yes you did very well making this crappy bowl look like the other photo you have uploaded, what did you do exactly to it?
Dave   [15 Oct, 2020 at 06:05 PM]
I had to wet dry sand it, how long it takes depends on how deep the cracks are in the surface. I think in the end it took me about 4 hours to get through all the surface scratches with the coarsest paper I have. Then you have to go over again with progressively finer grits till you can polish out all the scratches.
lampy   [15 Oct, 2020 at 07:28 PM]
someone said these bowls were made of something called DIOKON or something like that
Dave   [15 Oct, 2020 at 09:11 PM]
Tbh I think thats correct, the way it smells and breaks down certainly suggests that anyway, however since theres no evidence of infection moulding, makes me wonder if they're actually cast using a resin or the lines are polished out after the plastics cured
Ash   [15 Oct, 2020 at 09:55 PM]
Consider this : If there is a mould part that shapes the inside (not required for spinning or vacuum, but definitely required if there is fine detail in there like refractors), it would have to be removed somehow from the finished bowl. There is no way it could be removed from a bowl with a "neck" like this, unless the bowl is made of 2 halves, or the mould consists of several inserts with quite complex assemblydisassembly. The latter is expensive so i doubt it'd be used here

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