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Re: To Restore or Not To Restore [message #9404 is a reply to message #9402]

Thu, 10 April 2008 06:23

stevem
Messages: 4733
Registered: June 2004
Location: NY

Senior Member

Since it sounds like you want a more pristeen looking amp, I would go ahead and have it re-tuck&rolled and this will give you the option of changing its color to a more valuable sparkle color should you want to.
Should you do that just make note that some of the new red and blue sparkle covering in on a black back ground, where as the right stuff is on a silver back ground.
AS far a s restoring the faceplate should want to go that far, that is more of a job!
The whole face plate will unscrew from the front of the chassie once the input jacks, control nuts and power switch is dropped off.Then what I have done is take the face plate to a automotive machine shop where they can glass bead the old paint off, then you can get a flat black paint to re-color it, let it dry for at least 3 to 4 days, and then use a lot of 400 grit auto type wet or dry sand paper(use it wet, with a little dish soap) to sand off the black from the raised areas that should be unpainted.

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