[R-390] My last major hurdle in restoration

[Barry]

On the one I did, I filled the engravings in with a generous amount of filler paint, let it dry, and then polished the excess away.  This worked well, but my panel was powder-coated so I could polish pretty heavily as needed.

Note: I wouldn't go the powder-coating route.  I had a terrible time getting a thin enough of a coating to prevent the engravings from being filled in with the coating.  I had two done and one filled in so badly that I had to have the coating removed, I filled the engravings in with JB Weld, painted it, and then had it silk-screened.  I think that's what another restorer does regularly.

Good luck with it,
Barry - N4BUQ


 On Thu 24/02/11 10:40 AM , rbethman rbethman at comcast.net sent:
> The biggest PIA in my ongoing efforts to bring back a St. J's survivor 
> is getting the front panel refinished.
> 
> Yes, I KNOW that there are several folks that do these.  However the 
> economic situation has taken me out of using these resources.
> 
> I've given multiple attempts to refinishing an engraved one.  The 
> filling in has been VERY problematic.
> 
> The other one is the original one that came with it, (or it may have 
> been from the spare chassis I obtained.) is a silk-screened one.  I've 
> given thought to trying the "Dry Transfer decals" that are still 
> available from AES.
> 
> Once I get this hurdle passed, I can begin re-assembly and move into a 
> complete alignment.
> 
> Bob - N0DGN
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