[R-390] Panel Painting Advice

[Phil]

Grayson,

You are not wrong about the premade "radio" labels.  I think I still
have a few left but not may.....I think I bought them about 40 years
ago in both black lettering and white lettering.  You do have to be
careful using them though.

good luck with the radio, 73, Phil   W5BVB





On 4/7/2015 1:27 PM, Grayson Evans wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Grayson
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> On Apr 7, 2015, at 6:51 PM, k2cby at optonline.net wrote:
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>> 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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>> Sag Harbor, New York 11963-3821
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>> Email: k2cby at optonline.net
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