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Post by trombone on May 22, 2022 15:19:46 GMT 12
Hi everyone, I was fortunate enough to get one of these recently, intact ,with (green) knobs and a handle that almost supports it. Someone had painted it (well the bakelite ends anyway )with whitish paint.When removed this revealed a coat of pale green paint which looks as though it was sprayed on and then perhaps baked. In places this has chipped a little to reveal the parent bakelite material.Initially I had thought I would attempt to remove the sprayed on green as well to give a nice brown bakelite finish. The sprayed on green is proving very tenacious. Has anyone any ideas on how to remove it? Looking on the Vintage Radio Project site I see that the Gulbransens have brown bakelite ends. The Cromwell illustrated there has the pale green ends. My set is a Gulbransen.With pale green ends.What is the correct approach here?.Look forward to your thoughts, Cheers everyone,
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Steve
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Post by Steve on May 22, 2022 18:04:26 GMT 12
What finish are you trying to achieve?
Its likely from your description that the green could be a factory finish (and never assume the colours on the examples I have on the site are A: correct or B: the only ones or C: correct)... Typically the photos I have are just of the examples I could find.
If its not too badly damaged you might consider leaving the green. IF you want to take it back to bakelite then two approaches have worked for me in the past
1. Oven cleaner. Spray it on, put it in a ziplock bag, leave it overnight
2. Hot water and a plastic scraper - hot water softens the paint finish, and sometimes it will lift or peel off. This might be worth trying first...
Cheers, Steve
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Post by trombone on Jun 7, 2022 17:17:21 GMT 12
Thanks Steve, Mr. Muscle has done his job well. One end required only two applications, the other end required three.I had got the impression from the website that Cromwells were the green painted ones and the Gulbransens were "au naturelle " bakelite. But mine was a Gulbransen - in green paint. How come?But that particular piece of stupidity has now passed!Now it remains to find a suitable piece of grille cloth .
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