Ep. 210 - Crystal Visions Dragon Snow Globe Repair - Water change, glitter upgrade, seized music box
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Today we have a subscriber request. This globe was requested by Future Watcher who saw it in Episode 150.
This is a Crystal Visions Dragon snow globe from one of Ally's favorite manufacturers, The San Fransisco Music Box Company.
The base is a castle that appears to be built on a mountain peak. In the center of the castle sits a tall green dragon with his wings outstretched and its tail coiled around a crystal ball that it appears to be protecting. The globe itself had a crescent moon and some stars etched into the glass. The globe has small green and blue glitter.
The globe is missing some water and the water that it left is starting to yellow. The stopper is also partially pulled in on one side causing the dragon to tilt. The music box is seized and will not play.
We open the globe and clean the globe and figurine. We add some Zap-A-Gap around the edges of the figurine which was starting to lift off of the stopper. We use our premixed snow globe water consisting of 65% Water, 5% Alcohol, and 30% Clear Glue. We use the water submersion method to remove the air bubble. Ally upgraded the small blue and green glitter with medium size blue and green hexagon glitter. The music box mechanism looked okay except for some rust on the barrel. We were able to get the mechanism going by manually turning the regulator. We used a few drops of 3-In-1 oil on the spring, regulator, gears, and drum. The mechanism runs well now and plays: Chariots Of Fire
We hope you enjoy this video and learned something if you are planning to repair one.
Thanks for watching!
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I have this exact one. Now I know how to fix it!
Excellent! Glad we could help!
That dragon is beautiful, and I love the new glitter!
Thank you! It does look nice, especially now that all of the glitter stuck to the sides finally fell.
Really pretty globe!!!
Yes, thank you. So much nicer with the fresh water and upgraded glitter.
Was doing a little bit of music boxes shopping yesterday, and I think I did tell you about one that plays right of the Valkyries. Not sure if I want to get the USS Constitution box or the dragon water globe that plays the tune. if I were to get that water globe, and if it needs some repairing, I know who to turn to to get it repaired.
As a veteran I would say the USS Constitution but I would probably lean towards the dragon! We are always here to support our subscribers!
is glitter like this avaliable on amazon too? or is it something special? Thx
We use the Recollections line of glitter the we found at Michael's and Amazon. It has always worked well for us.
Really enjoy your videos - I appreciate your taking the time to record and post them here!
Would you be willing to recommend the amount of glitter to put into a snow globe that uses 7 cups of water? Thank you!
Hi, happy that you like the videos! The amount of glitter is definitely a matter of personal preference, however, for a globe that size we would use between 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of glitter. Thanks fort the comment.
@@snowgloberescue8887 Appreciate your suggestion!
I made a bunch of rookie mistakes and will have to restart. But nothing that Zap-A-Gap can't fix.
@@bobmartin3569 Zap-A-Gap can be a life saver! Good luck.
Nice Episode. The little sphere under the dragon ist it real glas or resin? Looks good to me. Thanks for the Episode. Keep up the good work. ✌
The sphere is made of glass. Thank you for the comment!
@@snowgloberescue8887 oh makes it even better.
what is the clear glue that you add to the water?
We use Elmer's Clear glue. However, you can use other brands of clear glue as long as the glue dissolves in water.
Hi, I'm back, I got my main channel temporarily closed, so I'm in with w new one for now, hoping to get it back
Hi. Glad you are back and wish you luck on getting the old channel back!
@@snowgloberescue8887 I hope so too
Why does she ruin the globe changing the glitter now it will never be worth anything
We understand. Sometimes people want to keep things 100% original. In our case the value of the globe is what we place on it since we don't plan to ever sell it. In some cases when we have to replace the water we take the opportunity to customize the globe and make it our own. This is probably the only one in the world that looks like this.
Not “worth” anything? You think it wouldn’t be worth MORE for actually having a full globe of water? Always a critic. 🙄
Your a idiot YoYoRaeRae I wasn't talking to you Tony knows what I meant so mind your business