[Hallicrafters] SX-71 Front panel labels

[Mark Bell]

Some thoughts here...

About a year or so ago,  I was relabeling my 5100B chassis.  I tried
various "transparent" ink jet papers,  but they weren't truely transparent,
so I ended up using dry transfer decals.  They worked OK,  but I wouldn't
trust myself to do it individually for a front panel.

Now,  about a month after I did mine,  QST advertised a new laser
jet transparent paper that was supposed to be really transparent.

I'll look in my stack of QSTs,  but I don't know if I'll find them all.
Heck,  some days it a minor miracle to find a clean path to the
radios......

73 Mark K3ZX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Steffens" <gsteffens at charter.net>
To: "Phil Atchley" <k06bb at elite.net>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-71 Front panel labels


> I have done an SX-71 the way you describe.  The only difference was that I
> used white transfer letters off of a transfer sheet.  I was able to match
> the lettering very closely, both in size and script.  It didn't cost
hardly
> anything but the problem is that "half timers" disease, I can't remember
> where I got the transfer sheets.  Maybe somebody out there knows a good
> source for them.
>
> The obvious places are an office supply place or off of the web.
>
> Anyway, the process was as you describe, feathering into things that
should
> remain and then painting.  When THOROUGHLY dry, then the transfer letters
> are rubbed on followed by a spray coat of either satin finish or flat
finish
> clear paint (it helps keep everything in place - I think I used a clear
> Krylon satin maybe).
>
> If one is really careful with rubbing the letters on, it becomes almost
> un-noticeable.
>
> Good luck in whatever you do.
>
> Gerry
>
> Collecting & Restoring since 1959
> Gerald Steffens P.E.
> Rochester, MN
>
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