[Heathkit] Type of Paint on Heathkit cabinets

[joldenburg2 at new.rr.com]

If the thinner doesn't work go to an automotive paint store and get some aircraft paint stripper. It is the nasty stuff with methelenechloride so it will eat your skin if you are not careful. Cost is about $22 a gallon.

Jon W. Oldenburg AB9AH "A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired." 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jim Brannigan <jbrannig at optonline.net> 
Date: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:07 pm 
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Type of Paint on Heathkit cabinets 
To: carl lowry <l_carlj at bellsouth.net>, heathkit at mailman.qth.net 

> Carl, 
> I threw a 610 cabinet in the dishwasher to clean it. It cleaned 
> it right 
> down to bright metal!!! 
> Not a lick of paint was left..... 
> 
> Jim 
> 
> 
> >I am redoing 4 SB-610 Monitor Scope Cabinets. 
> > They all came from different sources within the country. 
> > I am using Lacquer Thinner by a company named CROWN, found at 
> local 
> > hardware stores. 
> > Want to take cabinet paint down to bare aluminum metal, then 
> sand before 
> > zinc chromate and repainting. 
> > Been soaking the cabinets in a quart of Thinner at a time. 
> > Paint on two of the cabinets came right off - lifted up - after 
> 45 minutes 
> > of soaking. 
> > Other two which seemed to have a more greenish ting soaked and 
> soaked and 
> > no paint came off. 
> > Just the yellow-brown stain from previous smokers and ages of dirt. 
> > Did Heathkit use two different types of paint on their cabinets ? 
> > If so suggestions for removing - the other - type of paint. 
> > Thanks for your courtesy of replying. 
> > 73s Carl, k4zrd 
> 
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