[R-390] stripping paint

[KA9EGW]

Stripping paint from a plastic case.  The model-train guys have 2 ways they
go about it.  One is a product called "Unpaint".  It is ethylene glycol
monoethyl ether, and strips the paint without harming the polystyrene
plastic underneath.  The other is old fashioned DOT3 brake fluid.  I've used
both in the past, but I think the Unpaint was a little less embrittling to
the plastic. 

Whether a particular radio is made from the same polystyrene plastic as a
model railroad car, I cannot comment but to say "YMMV"...

73, Brian KA9EGW

Barry said:

>The problem is how to strip the thick while paint from the plastic case. I
think I can spray paint it back like the original. It's worth a few bucks if
I have to pay someone to do it.<