[Milsurplus] Black Wrinkle Finish

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AlDo you prefer a waterless hand cleaner with or without pumice?  
I've used waterless hand cleaner and then mineral spirits in several applications to remove waxes and other protective coatings from consumer radio wood cabinets without raising the grain and then add a top coat of lacquer to bring the cabinet back to a decent condition.  
Removing the pumice residue seems to just add another step to the cleaning process.  Don't know how much the pumice adds to the cleaning steps when working on wrinkle finishes but I would think it is just about the same.  Your thoughts?
A mild etch on bare aluminum might be a good way to get new paint to stick a little better, but you are right, it can be over done and make things much worse.Jim
      From: Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>
 To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
 Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 8:29 PM
 Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Black Wrinkle Finish
   
Gary,

That scares me. As I recall, (at least in the old days) Easy Off 
contains lye that coverts the grease in your oven to soap, so you can 
wipe it off.
Lye etches aluminum!

I'm pretty happy with GoJo and a soft brush.

Al

Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

On 11/11/2015 9:17 PM, Gary Pewitt wrote:
> I use Easy Off oven cleaner spray. It takes off grease and dirt and 
> leaves the paint underneath in perfect condition.
>
> On 11/11/2015 07:56 PM, Richard wrote:
>> I use "OZ Cream Polish," with excellent results. I have a TBW which 
>> must have been stored outdoors as it looked awful with white patches. 
>> Now it is jet-black, if not quite like new it is very acceptable.
>>
>> Richard, AA1P
>>
>> On 11/11/2015 11:43 AM, Joe Connor via Milsurplus wrote:
>>> What do you folks use to clean and polish black wrinkle finishes? At 
>>> hamfests, some of these old sets look brand new.
>>> Joe Connor
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