[MRCA] Command Receiver Dials

[J. Forster]

Try a bit of Xylene on a tissue.

-John

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> All,
>
>   I recently acquired a BC-453 (190-550 kc) and a BC-946 (520-1500 kc) in
> a
> three receiver rack. Just one small problem, they were spray painted
> silver.
> I mean everything was painted silver; rack, connectors, dynamotors, knobs
> and even the dials.
>
>   Now, I can probably strip the paint from the outside of the radios and
> rack and clean-up the connectors but I don't think there is any hope for
> the
> dials. They appear to have originally been painted and silk screened. I
> can't think of anything that would remove the silver paint and not remove
> the dial markings.
>
>   If any of you have an idea of how to save the dials, I am listening.
> Otherwise, does anyone have a dial from a parts rig for these radios?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>             Bill KA8WTK
>
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