[Milsurplus] Cleaning fine crackle paint

Fri Apr 17 19:57:50 EDT 2015

great suggestions  Ron!

and I  add  make  sure it is  lint-less   cloth  and never  sue   something 
that will shed.

the  diluted  paint actually helps  seal the old   surface some and 
straightens it  greatly.

another  rule.... do not  put lacquer over paint as the  lacquer  will mess 
it  up...  pint over old lacquer is   ok  though it  seems.

Have not  tried a paint  pen  yet....
Ed Sharpe 

In a message dated 4/17/2015 12:28:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
w4ron at carolina.rr.com writes:

Lots of  suggestions here, personally I don't like the idea
of using caustic  chemicals on radios. It requires too much
flushing to rinse it off  afterwards and if you missed some
it's likely going to come back and bite  you later.
Years ago I read in an old early 50s ham tips or something  
like that a solution for old graying black wrinkle paint.
Their  suggestion was to clean the surface to remove and loose
dirt and oils using  mild soap. 
Then get black paint, thin it down until it's about  like
water, put some in a bowl and using a wad of cloth make a 
ball,  dip it in the thinned paint and then rub it onto the
old wrinkle paint.  What you want to do is apply color but
no thickness of paint which will  fill in the wrinkle.
I've tired it and it works.
A version of this I  found works great is using a gloss black
paint pen, I keep a wad of paper  towel in one hand and do
a few square inches at a time, use the pumping tip  of the
paint pen and pump out some paint onto the surface and then
work  it around to cover a small area, a few square inches.
After letting it sit  a couple minutes take the paper towel
and pat the surface to remove the  bulk of the paint, then
wipe off, when you move to paint the next section  let it
overlap the first section and then wipe it off wiping over
both  areas to blend them together.
It's a little labor intensive, if you need  instant gratification
this isn't for you, but it works.
I collect  Clough-Brengle equipment both their test equipment
and the transmitters  they built for the CCC. I've recolored
a bunch of them and it always looks  great.
If you're interested you can visit my Clough-Brengle web  page
here; http://cloughbrengle.homestead.com/menu.html 
There are links  here where you can see my Clough-Brengle
transmitter  pages.

LLAP

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by the ricochet wonder of it all: the  plain

everythingness of everything, in cahoots
with the  everythingness of everything else.
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73, RON  w4ron 
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/menu.html 

Antique Radio  Charlotte
http://antiqueradiocharlotte.homestead.com/2015.html

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