[Hallicrafters] EXT :Re: Power washing a dusty, grimy rig??

[Mike Everette]

VERY good, Lloyd.  Thank you!  Excellent wisdom.

73

Mike
W4DSE

--- On Sat, 10/1/11, Lloyd Godsey <kk7iz at cox.net> wrote:

> From: Lloyd Godsey <kk7iz at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] EXT :Re:  Power washing a dusty, grimy rig??
> To: "Stevens, Bill (ES)" <william.stevens at ngc.com>, "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>, hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net, "Michael Peron" <mikeqrpfun at aol.com>
> Cc: mikeqrpfun at aol.com
> Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011, 12:09 PM
> Cleaning:
> Well, learn something from the XYL.
> I picked up a very rare high end tuner amp a while back..
> Beautiful but chassis was a bit dirty.
> The XYL took it on and started trying different things.
> The tube numbers etc was stamped on chassis and did not
> want to see it wash away.
> She wound up spraying small amounts of WD-40 in a small
> plastic container,
> picking it up on a Q-tip and wiping it on the chassis in
> small areas.
> Coming back after it had a chance to soak and removed grime
> with another
> Q-tip, cotton balls and a soft rag.
> Came out beautiful. Looks like new.
> Chassis would pass for brand new. Get some long thin
> sticks,
> wrap cotton on them, and use them to get into the
> impossible places.
> Won't remove rust or other oxidation but if chassis is just
> dirty works great.
> 
> OK put away the flame throwers.
> Everybody has a "best" way. Everybody has an opinion, and
> everybody has an a.....e.
> 
> Thanx
> Lloyd Godsey KK7IZ
> kk7iz at cox.net
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