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What do I use to clean and polish brown backelite?
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(05-20-2016, 08:13 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote:  Raving? Hardly. I never even thought of using Mother's on Bakelite until the day that I decided to install my Canadian Philco 35A (Tropic 41-712 equivalent) in a better Bakelite cabinet salvaged from a Philco 42-121CB ......

I wasn't really referring to "you" raving about Mother's as much as many others "highly recommending" Metal Armor.  Although you're not the only person who has suggested Mother's, I suspect many metal polishes will work well as long as the abrasives are not too coarse.

Mike, you can spray it with clear lacquer.  Add as many coats as needed to obtain the gloss you want.

John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"


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RE: What do I use to clean and polish brown backelite? - by Eliot Ness - 05-21-2016, 01:31 AM



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