[Milsurplus] Black Wrinkle Finish
Kenneth G. Gordon
kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Wed Nov 11 14:48:42 EST 2015
On 11 Nov 2015 at 0:00, Mike Morrow wrote:
>
> > What do you folks use to clean and polish black wrinkle finishes?
>
> I have used for about 20 years "Break Free CLP"
> (Cleaner/Lubricant/Preservative). That is actually a moderately-priced
> small-arms oil that was (and still may be) US military standard weapons oil.
>
> It will even help refurbish some of those plastic nomenclature tags on some
> BC-348-R and many USN sets. I've tried almost everything and found nothing
> better. Find it at a sporting goods store...even Walmart...liquid form.
Thank you, Mike.
I have used Gunk Engine Degreaser, which is mostly kerosene as I
understand it, and a brush for cleaning and "polishing" black wrinkle-finish
radios, but your method seems to be less harsh and less messy.
Thanks.
Ken W7EKB
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