[Hallicrafters] Chassis coating

[Roger K8RI]

Yup! It's one of those flash coatings that is so thin a brisk rubbing with a
coarse paper towel will cause the base to start showing through.


>I just realized you are talking about the goldish brass-like plating on
>some
> of the later stuff. Completely different from what I was thinking. I've
> had
> no luck making that look good, once it has spotted. Anyone else?

I've heard (on here I think) of pople who completely stirp the chassis and
have it redipped to get that original, *new* look.  Turning an HT-32, or
SX-101 essentially into a kit is a tad more work than I want.  I can get by
with a mottled looking finish on the inside. <:-))

One of the problems where this plating goes bad is sometimes a rough surface
and that'd take more than cleaning and dipping.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com