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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Upper Case postings and coloring the black lettering on the Orion
From: Gene Story <gfstory@earthlink.net>
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Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 22:15:26 -0700
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Ditto. I use the fine tip Metallic Silver Sharpie pen's to do the same. And I used it on my Orion to accent the otherwise nearly impossible to see black-relief characters for POWER, MIC, PH, CW, and vfo A and B.

You need a steady hand and use a new one of these markers to have a good fine tip but if you boo-boo, it can be cleaned up. Done carefully, it will look like it was factory done.

I contemplated doing this for a long time. But I have done this before and always liked the results. Even though the position of everything becomes second nature in a short time, I am pleased with ultimately making these highlights on my Orions front panel.

Gene  /  K7TXO


On Sep 1, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Richards wrote:

I do that with knobs of all sorts, but my weapon of choice is a silver Sharpie pen, that writes with a metallic ink (which is more of a paint than an ink.) It allows me to remove it if I don't like my results, which I clean off with Naphtha.

Try it... you want a photo of some of my knobs before you try it?
Just ask, friend.

Happy days.   -----------------  James -K8JHR  ----------------


On 9/1/2012 1:41 PM, chacuff wrote:

Has anyone ever tried to put white coloring on the tops of the black
molded lettering on the front panel of the Orion?

I am considering giving it a try using a fairly hard rubber roller and
some white paint of some sort.
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