[Boatanchors] Cleaning and polishing steel chassis?

[Carl]

There are any number of good grease, dirt and nicotine solvents. Ive used 
Greased Lightning on both of my 129's and for several customer sets. Then 
warm soap and water on the dials.

The 129 steel coating gets blotchy with time and enviroment and the only 
thing that worked well for me was a light abrasive metal polish used in the 
collector car area.  The end result was a big improvement on many and near 
perfection on a few others.

I didnt want to try Brasso and the US version is now rather useless anyway. 
I picked up plenty of the good stuff in Canada before they followed suit and 
use it in other places.

Carl
KM1H
Radio and transmitter overhauls and restorations since 1964.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Shultz" <nj2r at verizon.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 7:42 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Cleaning and polishing steel chassis?


> What do the experienced restorer's out there of steel chassis BA's 
> recommend
> for achieving good results when cleaning and polishing the steel chassis 
> of
> radios on which you would like to do an extremely good job?
>
> I'm restoring a really yucky HQ-129X and though the chassis is pretty 
> dirty
> and no amount of soap, Windex, or other solvent will touch it, there is no
> rust. Aluminum is a piece of cake compared to steel it seems.
>
> I've experimented with synthetic steel wool used with WD-40 for a 
> lubricant,
> regular 00 and 0000 steel wool, brass brushes etc. and while each one has
> its attributes, I know others have been down this road before and know the
> best practices.
>
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
>
> 73, Roger, NJ2R
>
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