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Millions of rivets??
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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2002 - 01:11 PM UTC
OK, I got a Britta Filter and cut it open... is this the stuff he was talking about in the article?? Has anyone tried the technique with a Brita filter?
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Posted: Friday, June 21, 2002 - 01:06 AM UTC
I've read about it as well.

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Posted: Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 03:17 PM UTC
Hi all,

Not sure about the Britta filter, never tried that brand. The ones I use are the product from Boot's the chemist. Once opened you will find millions of little balls among the charcoal. I use them all the time for rivets, they work great. Because they vary in size they are virtually appropriate for all scales. Hope this helps.
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Posted: Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 03:20 PM UTC
OK, yeah, that is what I found, too. I will try it tomorrow while the wife is out of the house... hehehe.. never know what she will think I am cooking. Thanks.
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Posted: Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 07:18 PM UTC

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Ok guys, can you explain to me what you are doing with what ? I don't know the term Brita filter and also the brand "Boot" doesn't ring a bell.
If this is a way to reproduce rivets (like on the Humvee bodywork) I'd like to know more about this.


Marcel, this article here at ArmoramA TipSheet: Rivets by the Million explains what they are talking about.


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Posted: Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 07:48 PM UTC
OK, I found the brand, in the US, anyway. I bought a Pur filter today and there they were, little tiny resin balls. They will work for this purpose and are a lot of them! They are mixed in with the charcoal, but easy to grab a couple at a time...

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Posted: Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 05:05 PM UTC
Cool! I will have to try it sometime.
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Posted: Monday, January 06, 2003 - 02:30 PM UTC
That is the craziest way i have ever heard to find rivets. It may just work
Thanks for the tip,
Andrew
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