[R-390] removing cigarette smoke

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> I need suggestions on how to safely remove smoke from the front panel of a
> R-390A. Silk screened. The nicotine stains are pretty bad, and I don't want
> to remove the silk screening along with the stains. Any safe, magic formulas
> out there?
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Randy

Randy,

Tar and nicotine is pretty easy to remove with safe stuff like dishwashing
liquid and water. It will start to loosen up and run off right away. My
worst residue to remove has been on the little plastic tube radios that were
normally kept in or near the kitchen area. Those have years of grease coated
on the cases and require at least 3 days of soaking to start loosening up
the stuff. Nicotine is much easier to remove.

I would start with a fairly heavy concentration of dishwashing liquid
applied over a towel to catch the runoff. Be careful to not scrub too hard
until you see how durable the silkscreened paint is. You may have to do this
quite a few times until you get down to bare paint.


Barry