07-07-2008, 12:05 PM
It seems to be a thing with some US restorers to polish the chassis like custom cars, not so over in Brit land.
Isn't there a risk when you do it that you remove much of the cad plate and you are then only polishing the steel? So later it goes dull and then rusts maybe? Also, it is far from original... but thats personal taste.
I only ever clean with a non-abrasive hand cleaner and brushes, cotton buds, strips of cloth etc. After the chassis is cleaned with Mineral spirits and then sprayed with a coat of shellac for more protection. At this time I have a bare chassis apart from the coils hanging on their wires and masked off.
I only lightly polish the coil cans but on this 16B chassis I did have the tube cans dull nickel plated (they will dull more eventually).
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Gary
Isn't there a risk when you do it that you remove much of the cad plate and you are then only polishing the steel? So later it goes dull and then rusts maybe? Also, it is far from original... but thats personal taste.
I only ever clean with a non-abrasive hand cleaner and brushes, cotton buds, strips of cloth etc. After the chassis is cleaned with Mineral spirits and then sprayed with a coat of shellac for more protection. At this time I have a bare chassis apart from the coils hanging on their wires and masked off.
I only lightly polish the coil cans but on this 16B chassis I did have the tube cans dull nickel plated (they will dull more eventually).
[Image: http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/...assist.jpg]
Gary
