[Boatanchors] Nasty stuff on front panel

[Michael D. Harmon]

I just picked up a reallly nice Sprague TO-6A TelOhmike in excellent 
condition for nearly nothing.?? I was able to clean up the case with some 
light buffing with 0000 steel wool and some Goo-Gone.?? After wiping it 
down with Armor-All, it looks as good as new.

The front panel is a different story.?? It looks like someone has used 
some kind of nasty varnish or coating to try to protect the lettering on 
the front panel, but the stuff ran down the panel in streaks and in some 
places, there are globs of the stuff.. Granted, it doesn't affect the 
operation of the unit (other than the fact that it's all over the 
plastic center dial) but it really looks awful.?? I'm really scared to 
try to get off with a scraper or normal solvents.?? There was an Eico 324 
signal generator from the same guy with the same glop slopped all over 
the front panel. I totally screwed up the panel trying to get off, and 
now I'm going to have to find a junker Eico 324 to cannibalize the front 
panel from.

Does anyone have any ideas??? Acetone is out!?? That removes the 
lettering!?? Goo-Gone doesn't touch the stuff.

Anyone have an old "parts" Eico 324 they could spare the front panel from?

Thanks!

Mike Harmon, WB0LDJ

mharmon at att dot net