[Milsurplus] Painting radios

[Ray Robinson]

Hi Dean,

> I am preparing to repaint the front face of a BC653A with black 
> "wrinkle paint".  The face plate has reaied letters that are NOT 
> supposed to be obscured by the black paint; rather, they are supposed 
> to be uncovered so that they can be read.  The lettering is rather 
> small and is raised only 1-2 mm from the face plate surface at most.
>
If the lettering is raised, then great.
Just paint the panel with black wrinkle, bake it in the domestic oven,
make the paint hard.
Get out you head magnifier and a razor blade,
and carefully scrape the paint off the raised lettering, 
works fine, good results, be patient.

If the lettering is engraved,
then paint as before,
get out a scribe, and scrape the paint out of the grooves,
exposing the aluminium underneath.
Not as good results as above,
but looks reasonable (if you don't look too close).

If the paint is screen printed on,
then your only option is to make a screen.
I've never done this.

73
Ray vk2ilv