[TenTec] Face lift

[Steve Ellington]

Use 0000 steel wood to restore the beauty to the aluminum trim. Better use
more contact paper for the lids. Paint would tend to flake off.I removed
the front panel from my Omni C and washed it with soft hand soap in the
sink. After drying, soak it down with silicon tire shine and let it soak
for a few hours then clean it off with a soft cloth. This makes it look
better than new! 


On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, David McClafferty wrote:

> 
> You can buy stick-on material very much like the stuff on the older
> Tentecs. I believe one brand name is Mactac. I have used this on some of
> my homebrew projects to make them match the Omni C.
> 
> 						73, Dave, VE1ADH
> 
> On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, JEFF S JOHNSON wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Years ago I remember reading an article in QST, I think it was on home
> > brew Amps. Talked about an acid bath to give the aluminum a nice matt
> > finish like the T*T gear has on the inside and on the front of Tritons
> > etc.  Anyone know how to do this without damaging the silk screen
> > lettering?  Also on the top of Triton and the older Omni's I'd like to
> > replace the vinyl.  One good idea I got is to just paint it with black
> > wrinkle paint.  Anyone tried this or have a better idea?
> > 
> > I don't think anything sounds better than an old T*T on CW and keyed with
> > a properly set up and  operated bug.  I was reminded of this yesterday in
> > another post about CW, here's a sight to help set up your ol' bug and
> > maybe find the sweet spot you never could seem to get 
> > http://fohnix.metronet.com/~nmcewen/bug_adjust.html after using this set
> > up and a bit of fine tuning my bug came right to life, I used some
> > ignition point feeler gauges.  
> > 
> > Jeff  aa8ve --- proud Ten*Tec owner
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