[Heathkit] Apache Knobs

[Bill]

Tell us which brands you had luck with.

Bill - K5MIL

------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 
08:38:28 -0700 From: "Chris Kepus" <ckepus at comcast.net> To: "'Gary H. 
Harmon, Jr.'" <gharmon at idworld.net>, <Heathkit_HFAmps at yahoogroups.com>, 
"'Heathkit-Radios '" <Heathkit-Radios at egroups.com>, "'Heathkit1 '" 
<heath at puck.nether.net>, "'Heathkit2 '" <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>, 
"'Heathkit3 LIST'" <heathkit at yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] 
[Heath] Apache Satin vs Chrome Knobs Message-ID: 
<002401cf3ed2$486cae10$d9460a30$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; 
charset="us-ascii" Hi Gary, 1. Take them to a chrome plating shop and 
find out if they would do them what they would charge. 2. Check out 
Eastwood's site (and others) to see if they are still selling "chrome" 
paint. About two decades ago, I was doing a backyard resto of engine 
components (think brackets, alternator housing, pulleys) I didn't want 
to spend big bux to have chromed..so, I bought about 5 different rattle 
can brands of "chrome" paint. There were a couple of the brands that 
really surprised me in terms of the chrome look that resulted. The parts 
were properly prepared (primed, sanded, etc.). Surprised a LOT of 
"experts" who guffawed at the proposition .J You've nothing to lose by 
trying some of them.should you wish to go to the effort. YMMV. 3. Buy a 
parts radio with chrome knobs or the chrome knobs if you can find them.. 
quite an uber-obvious choice but I'm bettin' it would be cheaper than 
what a good chrome shop would charge. GL es 73, Chris W7jPG