[R-390] Painting a SP-600

[windy10605@juno.com]

I acquired one of these with a really bad (good ?) "dunking" of that
anti-fungal stuff or whatever it is and several adhesive residues on the
front panel. There were a number of chipped places, some of the front
panel was sticky, you get the idea. After trying some of the usual soap,
solvents, etc it just got worse. I read the R-390A articles you guys have
posted on repainting and decided that was the only way. 

Surprisingly easy !! I know you guys who have done this before are
probably laughing, but it really was easy to strip the panel with
chemical stripper, sand with 400/600 wet/dry, good water flush clean, and
paint it. Next comes filling in the lettering with antique white. I
checked at Home Depot and the closest I could find is a "pewter"
Rust-O-lium paint which has minimal gloss, a slightly textured finish,
and is slightly darker (but not nearly as dark as some restorations I've
seen) than original. Looks good .....so far.  

73 Kees K5BCQ