[MRCA] Command Receiver Dials

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John's suggestion may work.  If the paint used was so-called aluminum 
paint, I've discovered that it remains soluble to even WD-40 for quite a while 
after painting (I don't know that that ever changes - just that I discovered 
it to my chagrin a few weekss after painting an FT-237 and an FT-252 - I 
don't know about something painted decades ago).

In a message dated 10/3/2010 6:21:17 PM Central Daylight Time, 
ka8wtk at ohio.net writes: 
>   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?

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
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