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Transitone 46-200 Ivory Paint it how ? Or leave it .
bill T
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03-26-2007, 08:22 PM
Could not resist another Philco. It wasn't great to begin with but got worse with bad ebay packaging. Dial cover broke , broken tube ect.
It seems beyond cleaning .It is Ivory bakelite I think .Usually I like to clean things up and that is that .Not really happy with the outcome of my cleaning on this one . Can I paint this ? I want to have it look original still. Do not want a red or blue job. But want to restore as close as possible the radio to original . I also (being a true nut for this stuff) have it's brown bakelite counter part on the way . So questions are.
Do I leave it beat up . Or redo it .Do I sand prime and spray paint ?
Or strip with some kind of stripper that won't melt the radio ?
Just looking for some guidance from anyone in the know . I want to do the best job I can on this case including the dial cover . Thanks for any info as always.

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Transitone 46-200 Ivory Paint it how ? Or leave it . - by bill T - 03-26-2007, 08:22 PM
[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 03-26-2007, 09:04 PM
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