03-27-2006, 10:55 PM
Hi,
Thanks to those who responded. I ended up using a flexible loctite Xtreme Repair Adhesive. Seems to have done the trick. I'm very happy with how this radio turned out. Here's a link to my website showing its restoration:- http://www.tuberadioland.com/philco41-245T_main.html
The before photo is here:- http://www.tuberadioland.com/images/philco41-245T_6.gif
The main challenge was straightening the tenite escutcheon and I used gentle heat from a heat gun (increasing it until the plastic just started to respond to the straightening). Others have suggested using hot water, but I didn't get that to work at safe water temperatures - I wasn't too willing to work with really scalding hot water. Until this, I hadn't thought straightening this stuff was possible. Remains to be seen how long it stays as it is however!
Paul
Thanks to those who responded. I ended up using a flexible loctite Xtreme Repair Adhesive. Seems to have done the trick. I'm very happy with how this radio turned out. Here's a link to my website showing its restoration:- http://www.tuberadioland.com/philco41-245T_main.html
The before photo is here:- http://www.tuberadioland.com/images/philco41-245T_6.gif
The main challenge was straightening the tenite escutcheon and I used gentle heat from a heat gun (increasing it until the plastic just started to respond to the straightening). Others have suggested using hot water, but I didn't get that to work at safe water temperatures - I wasn't too willing to work with really scalding hot water. Until this, I hadn't thought straightening this stuff was possible. Remains to be seen how long it stays as it is however!
Paul
