[R-390] Panel Painting Advice

[Barry]

About 15 years ago, a fellow was silk-screening R390A panels for about $40 (maybe more for both sides).  I had one done and it looked great.  I think it became a losing venture for him and he stopped doing it.

I sure wish someone was still doing that at a reasonable cost.  I no longer need one but I'm sure a lot of folks do.

Regards,
Barry - N4BUQ

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grayson Evans" <wa4gvm at gmail.com>
> To: k2cby at optonline.net
> Cc: R-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 1:27:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Panel Painting Advice
> 
> Thanks for that advice on the panel.
> I thought about masking off the lettering somehow, either with masking tape,
> or a scotch tape of some kind.  This might work, but my problem is about 25%
> of the white lettering is worn away enough to look crummy.
> 
> Back in my architecture days I used a lot of the rub on (dry transfer)
> lettering.  I see that it is still made, although in greatly reduced
> fonts/sizes/colors.
> It is tedious, but probably about the same as masking it off.  To have to
> give the panel a light coat of clear acrylic once the letters are on.  I
> might get a sheet and try it out on the panel as is to see what it looks
> like.
> I swear I remember, way back, maybe 20-25 years ago I bought a sheet that had
> premade “radio” labels on it like ON / OFF / VOLUME, GAIN, etc.  Too good to
> be true now.
> 
> Grayson
> 
> On Apr 7, 2015, at 6:51 PM, k2cby at optonline.net wrote:
> 
> > Some years ago I had excellent results painting the stenciled panel on an
> > early Motorola R-390A. I cleaned the panel as thoroughly as possible with
> > Naphtha, followed by alcohol. I then masked off the white-painted areas
> > with
> > Scotch Type 811 Removable tape (pale blue box), trimming the edges as close
> > to the lettering as possible with an Xacto knife. I then shot the panel
> > with
> > several very light coats of Tru Value Machine Gray, which is an excellent
> > match to the original. After the paint dried, I peeled off the Scotch tape,
> > using the Xacto knife to lift the edges. To make everything blend, I gave
> > the entire panel a shot of Krylon Crystal Clear acrylic. This effectively
> > hid the edges where the tape had been applied.
> > 
> > 
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> > Miles B. Anderson, K2CBY16 Round Pond Lane
> > Sag Harbor, New York 11963-3821
> > 
> > Tel.: (631) 725-4400
> > 
> > Fax: (631) 725-2223
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> > Email: k2cby at optonline.net
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