[Boatanchors] CLEANING OLD RADIOS

[Chris Codella, W2PA]

Dan,

In addition to all the suggestions here, I've used something called 
"Krud Kutter" that I picked up in Home Depot in the section near the 
paint thinners.  It's environmentally friendly, non-toxic and doesn't 
have much of an odor at all (which is why I prefer it over Simple 
Green).  I used it to successfully clean up a rather severely tobacco 
stained S/Line without damaging anything.  It still requires care.  You 
can see the procedure on my web site in words and pictures (www.w2pa.com). 

After this cleaning, there is no trace of nicotine stains anywhere and 
no smell either (even when tubes are aglow).  I also used Windex and a 
very weak solution of dish detergent in water but found this stuff 
worked the best, especially on metal parts.

73,
Chris, W2PA

K0DAN wrote:
>
> I have a friend who's cleaning up some estate radios which were in a 
> smoking
> environment (the operator, not the radio).