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Philco Model 088 Signal Generator
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(06-12-2016, 05:17 PM)Preston Smith Wrote:  I've seen two others Ed!

Starting into the physical restoration,  I really didn't want to remove the original black paint on the face.  The face is some type of brass alloy - I thought it to be possibly brass and copper but I'm not a metallurgist.   So I brought out my secret weapon.... KETCHUP!   Yep, Ketchup.  I put it on a small section of the dial, waited 20 minutes, rubbed if for about 5 minutes with my finger and it worked!  I'll let the Chemisty majors out there explain the reason.  Here was the first pass:

At this point I'm trying to separate want and need into two different catagories.  They do tend to get confused at times.  Ed


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RE: Philco Model 088 Signal Generator - by leftwing25 - 06-12-2016, 07:12 PM
RE: Philco Model 088 Signal Generator - by sam - 06-13-2016, 12:15 AM
RE: Philco Model 088 Signal Generator - by morzh - 06-13-2016, 10:07 AM
RE: Philco Model 088 Signal Generator - by KCMike - 06-13-2016, 12:20 PM



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