[TenTec] Model 708 refreshment

[Richards]

Yep... WD-40 can work miracles on most labels, but I did not want to get 
oil into the grooves of the plastic frame around the label.  So...

On one suggestion, I tried a heat.

	No go.

I tried my old favorite, Naphtha - Heck even Martin Guitar says it is OK 
to remove sticky stuff from a nitrocellulose finish.

	No go.

So I tried good old rubbing alcohol... lots of it... kept it good and 
wet...


	AND VOILA!!!  IT WORKED !!

As long as it stayed wet, the film lifted up and off.

At first I thought it was part of the label, itself, but as I thought 
about it, and with the encouragement of Bob W2PNJ, I came to suspect it 
was original protective plastic film, which had become petrified and 
hermetically sealed to the label itself, so I started working on it, and 
the alcohol did the trick, quickly and easily.  Go figure.

		NOW... LOOKS NEARLY NEW.

SO... a happy ending to my story!  Thanks guys for looking over my 
shoulder, especially Bob W2PNJ, who encouraged me to take a chance on it.


Say ... Anybody want a lovely Model 708 for cheap?
Make me an offer  (I am a headset junkie, so probably
will never use this on the air, myself.)

The sun it out... the humming birds have found my feeder... my 
microphone looks good -- Yes it IS a good day in the neighborhood.


---------------------  K8JHR  -----------------------