[Arran]

Ron;
  When I said that Hammond underrated their transformers I was thinking of the current load specs, in that they can handle more current then what they were rated for. I don't know if the new Hammonds are different then the old ones, but I've had a radio or two that had an old Hammond replacement transformer, one with wrinkle paint and a brass data plate, and they did not seem to run abnormally warm.
  I've never actually tried reflocking something, the last dial plate that was in bad shape like that I restored by gluing black velvet/velour fabric to the backing plate. Some of those plates had the metal flocked directly, but others seem to have had a flocked piece of paper glued to them.
Regards
Arran