I’m rebuilding a FE-AR La Peppina from the early 70’s, and the boiler and piston seem badly corroded.
Am i gonna slowly kill myself if I use it?
I’m rebuilding a FE-AR La Peppina from the early 70’s, and the boiler and piston seem badly corroded.
Am i gonna slowly kill myself if I use it?
I’m almost certain it’s aluminium. It looks like it’s was initially chromed. The plating on the outside flakes off a bit.
There was a lot of “mud” in the boiler, dark powdery residue and white crystals. Based on your analysis it does look like aluminium oxyde crystals.