[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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