Hi Chaps,
A very quick guide/tip to giving those beloved radio knobs/levers a new lease of life.
While waiting to have John fit my ESRT 32PS hopefully in a couple of weeks I thought I would tidy up the knobs a little. Very quick guide.
Using good old Halfords Flexible Vinyl Paint Black I gave a couple of light coats to the knobs. Waited for these to dry 15/20 mins then using this:
20160210_212804 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
which has a very fine tip
20160210_212750 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
I then painted the grooves of the knobs and dabbed a bit into the levers: Here's the results before/after...
Before....
20160210_140213 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
After...
20160210_212634 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
They turned out very well indeed. Hope this little tip helps anyone thinking to do the same.
All the best now
Nick
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Re: Radio Knobs Restoration
Hi Nick,
Wow! They've come up well mate. Looking forward to helping you getting this all in as planned. Well done, cheers,
John...
Wow! They've come up well mate. Looking forward to helping you getting this all in as planned. Well done, cheers,
John...
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Hi John.Taff50ish wrote:Wow! They've come up well mate. Looking forward to helping you getting this all in as planned. Well done, cheers,
Thanks fella. Very happy how they turned out indeed
Yep really looking forward to fitting the dash/radio too mate...along with everything else too . I cant wait ! Really appreciate your help once again John
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Re: Radio Knobs Restoration
Making full use of that spray Nick Looks like a factory finish mate, came out really well. Nice one.
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Re: Radio Knobs Restoration
Andrew 2.8i wrote:Good work fella! They look like new
Thanks chaps, much appreciated.Freelanderfan wrote:Making full use of that spray Nick Looks like a factory finish mate, came out really well. Nice one.
I was well chuffed with how they turned out but you do need a steady hand when painting the grooves white and yep Rob that Halfords Flexible Vinyl Paint has done the trick again
They make sych a big diference now to the radio cassette
Thanks again chaps
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