[Texasrocker]

You bet Mike! I highly doubt you will find any radio-techs here that oppose to use of "beer" in their vintage electronics restorations? Just remember beer doesnt work well for vol-tone cleaning internally etc,other trim-cap controls,bandswitches,etc connections. You can use WD-40 for those, or use the high-dollar electronics cleaners I have tried before avail online & your local pro electronics stores! Deoxit works, but is overrated at $15 per can, BlueShower is GREAT for cleaning metal radio parts too! Its cheaper, about $12 per can! Then for another great "pro" chassis cleaner in a can is called "Big Bath" for about $7.50 per can! It works as well as the other 2 high-dollar electronics cleaners!! Ive tried em all! I still say a simple can of WD-40 equals all the above, and dedication of using a air-compressor with abit of spilled-beer on a paper towel, is all that required, for a good chassis cleanup! Some folks even tape-off the tube sockets, and spray paint the chassis as well! I used to!! Does it make the radio sound any better? No! Can you see the chassis when its back in the cabinet? That depends on your point of view!! Necessary at all for chassis to work properly? NO!!Do you need to re-stuff caps? NO!... but then again, thats up to everyones preference!! My preference is "beer" & getting the radios working properly again for my customers. If they want to clean & repaint their chassis, they can do it! I just get em working again with full-recap & other needed "real" issues. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, & I dont find any radio-chassis that attractive at all. ( hee hee). ...except for some of the all-chrome vintage McIntosh chassis sets! Even then, "beer" works on those chassis clean-ups extremely well!!