[Milsurplus] ART-13 Assistance Please - CLP

[Mack McCormick]

Mike,

Thank you for a great suggestion! I know CLP well as I used it in the
Infantry and Rangers for 23 years. I'll give your method a try.

73,

Mack
W4AX

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > ...The auto-tune lower cover is a slightly different worn (washed out)
> > color than the rest of the radio.
>
> For more than 20 years I've used a common weapons cleaning oil called CLP
> to very easily restore the dark clean look of black crackle or wrinkle
> paint.
> It can take paint that has become almost dirty white/brown and restore the
> dark appearance.
>
> After washing away most of the trapped dirt with warm water and something
> like
> Murphy;s Oil Soap (or even Simple Green) and letting it dry a day, I use a
> sturdy paper towel soaked in CLP to wipe the surface being cleaned.  When
> the thin CLP coating has been setting for a few hours or days, I wipe off
> any
> remaining CLP.  Most times that I've tried this, the paint surface
> restored its
> appearance to near new.  I've also used it to restore in place those
> plastic
> nomenclature plates such as are found on most BC-348-R models and many USN
> aircraft radios.  The appearance of things I treated 15 years ago look
> today
> as they did then.
>
> CLP ("Cleaner, Lubricant, Preservative") is the small arms maintenance oil
> that
> was adopted by the US Armed Forced 20 years ago.  It can be found at all
> decent
> sporting goods stores...not real cheap, but not too bad either.  Gun shows
> are
> even better for the less expensive military surplus CLP.  You want the
> liquid,
> not the spray version.
>
>
> http://www.g96.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=g96&Category_Code=Gun+Oil
>
> 73,
> Mike / KK5F
>



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73,

Mack de W4AX
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