[R-390] Panel Refinishing

[Les Locklear]

I've never noticed any yellowing of lacquer sticks on any of the knobs or 
panels I've done with them. I'll soon be 70 and really don't worry about 
things like that anymore..............

Les


"You can have a college degree and legitimate
parents and still be a dumb bastard."

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 1:52 PM
To: Chuck.Rippel at cox.net
Cc: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [R-390] Panel Refinishing

Never had a problem with lacquer sticks...easy to do and never had a 
yellowing problem....have done several with that method with no problems.  I 
don't clear coat the panels though...maybe that contributes to the 
yellowing.

I've had zero success with filling with acrylic paints and wiping though. 
Always resulted in a big mess.

Cecil

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On Mar 22, 2013, at 12:06 PM, chuck.rippel at cox.net wrote:

> I do panels regularly and don't envy anyone involved in that task.
>
> Suggest you don't clear coat the panel.  Have seen several that mave taken 
> that approach.  The drawback is (on the ones I've seen, YMMV) that the 
> washers and nuts holding the controls and the 2 stanless steel handles 
> tend to "sink" into the finish over time.
>
> Paint stick yields mixed results and tends to yellow over time.
>
>
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