The PHILCO Phorum

The rust remover advertised on this web site works well, and does not seem to harm aluminum, but CAUTION it seems that it destroys pot metal!

http://www.missbelvedere.com/
I bought a gallon of that rust remover, and first soaked the tuning gang, light, and tube shields from my rusty Philco 620.

Here is the tuner from my Philco 620 after initial cleaning using Naval Jelly carefully on the chassis, trying to avoid the aluminum - note the dial mount on the far end:



Here it is after using the Miss Belvedere solution and a little brushing with plastic and brass brushes


Here is a closeup of the destroyed pot metal dial mount

That's too bad about the pot metal piece for the dial, but WOW...what a difference!

I don't think I've ever seen a tuning condenser look that bad before. That rust remover formula seems to have worked wonders on it! Congratulations on the save!

Where is it advertised? You say this web site? Where? Did I miss something? (Remember, after the surgery and my postings being few and far between until I was completely recovered, I might very well have missed something...)

Oops, I forgot to include this link:

http://www.missbelvedere.com/
The whole chassis is that bad, or worse, so I bought aluminum baking pans to soak it (not the coils, and not the transformer) . Here it is after initial cleaning with Naval Jelley:

Wow, and I thought I was ugly!

Now I know what to use to get rid of unwanted pot metal.

-Bill