[Tom72]

Hi everyone,

    Picked up a nice Philco model 44 cathedral from an estate sale
    over the weekend. While looking it over for the first time I noticed
    the wave band switch worked very well on a up and down gear
    system, but the station selector was free wheeling. My question
    is does the station selector also work on a gear system and if so
    how are the gears set up? I did notice that the selector shaft
    had a small gear on it.
    Also the dial scale is good but dirty. How is the best way to try an
    clean it?
    Thanks for any help and information.

    Tom72

[Ron Ramirez]

Hi,

Everything you need to know about the model 44 dial drive may be found here:

http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showth...?tid=14970

[vinzer]

Don't use water to clean the dial it will take the ink off of the dial I think there is a post that you should use mineral spirits but don't rub to hard.

Vinzer

[claude.france]

Hello Vinzer , Good morning from France Everybody

Indeed , everybody has , on time , encountered the problem of disparition of the inscriptions on a dial , when trying to clean it .

Please which kind of " mineral siprit " do you recommend to use ???

best regards

[Tom72]

Ron and Vinzer,

Thanks so much for the information.
Just what I needed.

Tom72

[vinzer]

I use whatever is cheapest.

[klondike98]

Claude,
I'm not sure what product this would be in France but a typical mineral spirit product we would buy in the local hardware store would be something like this one:
http://www.rockler.com/klean-strip-odorl...4XEALw_wcB

I like to use the low odor type just to keep from stinking up the house.

The Material Safety Data Sheet for this can be found here:
http://go.rockler.com/msds/klean-strip-m...ts-sds.pdf

[morzh]

Claude

It is Naphta Lourd in your case (also White Spirit).

[klondike98]

thanks mike! I thought you might have an international translation for that product...

[claude.france]

Hello Friends

Thanks a lot for détails  !

Indeed , White Spirit is a well known product , used for dilution of most of paints or cleaning art brushes  !

I wish you nice week end 

[morzh]

Same way it is known in my language, "уайт-спирит", a transliteration of pronunciation of "white spirit" (oo-eye-t spee-reet). Though we stress the last syllable.