[ICOM] Cleaning up faceplate knobs

[Edward L. Dowdy]

Very short soak. Scrub'em with a tooth brush. Rinse'em thoroughly.

Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at fidmail.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Cleaning up faceplate knobs


> Thanks Ed, I will try those.  How do you use it?  Can you soak the knobs 
> in
> them for awhile?
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Edward L. Dowdy <ka9ees at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> I use "Fantastic" or "Formula 49".
>>
>> 73,
>> Ed KA9EES
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at fidmail.com>
>> To: <ic706 at yahoogroups.com>; "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:40 PM
>> Subject: [ICOM] Cleaning up faceplate knobs
>>
>>
>> >I have an Icom 706 original I picked up a couple of months ago. 
>> >Yesterday
>> > while taking it mobile I realized how dirty the knobs are on it. 
>> > Usually
>> > it
>> > sits in the semi-dark shack and I don't notice such things.  There is
>> some
>> > sort of hardened gunk in the grooves on the volume and RIT knobs. Not 
>> > the
>> > end of the world but would like to clean it up, if possible.  What is 
>> > the
>> > best cleaner to use on plastic knobs such as this?'
>> >
>> > 73s John AA5JG
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