[R-390] Refinishing Knobs

[Tom Frobase]

Actually I buff it with the puma and scour it with the pumice ... good 
catch! ... tom, N3LLL


Joe Foley wrote:
> Wow!!  You're one hell of a man if you can scrub your front panel with a puma!
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> I find it hard enough just to hold onto one!
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> Joe
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> --- On Sun, 12/7/08, Tom Frobase <tfrobase at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Tom Frobase <tfrobase at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] Refinishing Knobs
>> To: R-390 at mailman.qth.net, Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com
>> Date: Sunday, December 7, 2008, 7:26 PM
>> I agree with you, I avoid it if I can but sometimes there
>> just isn't a 
>> choice.  This one had a totally hosed panel that someone
>> had painted 
>> over.  I think it turned out well.
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>> Sometimes I will remove the front panel take all of the
>> hardware out and 
>> scrub it with pumas  to restore the luster  many times that
>> works as 
>> well as repainting.
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>> This particular r-390 is the smoothest tuning 390 I have
>> ever owned ... tom
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>> Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com wrote:
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>>> Tom,
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>>> I looked at your photo.
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>>> It makes me want to redo my front panel.
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>>> I am not a believer in repainting old radios.
>>> That fine worn paint is part of its history.
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>>> Repaint is for auto's.
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>>> But I could be converted.
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>>> Roger AI4NI
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