[Heathkit] SB-303 Painting

[kiyoinc at attglobal.net]

Glen told me to use his SB-104 formula previously sent for the SB-303 
cabinet.  I'm thinking I'll work on my 2 worse cabinets first.  I have 
one that someone started to repaint but then stopped.   I also have a 
cabinet with one enlarged hole. 

I'll prep them both.  

I have paint stripper but am not sure what I should strip the paint in.  
Will that stuff clog my drains?  Will it eat through a plastic dish 
tub?  How do I do this?   How do I get rid of the "goo"?

How do I fill the enlarged hole.  I'm thinking, once the paint is off, 
fill it with an epoxy putty, let it harden and very, very carefully, 
using a magnifier, drill a tiny pilot hole.  Then drill it larger until 
it matches the other nine bazillion holes.

Or, maybe clamp another cabinet, a flip top cabinet, upside down to the 
SB-303, align the holes and drill it with one pass using one of those 
pilot-tip bits.

Either way, painting might hide any variation.

How do hold the cabinet for painting?     I thought I could make a jig 
that bolts to the foot-holes from the inside and holds the cabinet  a 
foot up, with the open ends at the top and bottom.

Putting the cabinets on a lazy susan would let me spin them while I hold 
the paint gun at a fixed distance.   

I've got 8 SB-303 cabinets to paint so a jig would save work. 

Does this make sense? 

Anyone have suggestions?

Does anyone have a way to re-screen the front panel?    There's a guy 
who does Johnson front panels.  They are pricey but look better-than.  


Thanks

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