[GreenKeys] How to brighten up those dull, heavy metal cases...

[groupsrichart at gmail.com]

That's one way to do it. Another way we used to do it in the old days 
was to use black liquid shoe dye or black liquid shoe polish...of course 
that would only be for equipment painted black.

Tim WS4V

On 5/30/2019 5:02 PM, E. wrote:
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> A week or two ago, I posted about shining up heavy metal with some 
> full synthetic 5w-40 motor oil… now have some photos with the results 
> :) .  If anyone remembers seeing the 14TD at Xenia - I remember one 
> Greenkeyer saying it looked like it needed some TLC… well yeah, it 
> does ;p … but anyhow, three photos attached.  One is of the top cover, 
> after the 5w-40 treatment.  The second is of the metal on the 14TD 
> unit itself that I haven’t treated yet - really representative of what 
> the top cover looked like when I got it… and third is of my 19 with a 
> treatment of full synthetic.  You can see how the cover of the 14TD is 
> so much improved and when you touch it, you can’t really feel anything 
> on it ;p (you can see some paint flakes on the paper towel below 
> ‘cause the paint was already doing that prior to treatment)!  Now, I’m 
> not sure how an oil treatment would go on heavy metal of other colors 
> - so milage may vary… but overall, the results - on black, at least, 
> are very positive :) (it shines ;p !)~
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>> On May 22, 2019, at 5:26 pm, E. <hanyou at xsmail.com 
>> <mailto:hanyou at xsmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hey all,
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>> I don’t know if this has been mentioned before, but I found a way to 
>> brighten up those dull, rusty, scuffed-up, water stained heavy metal 
>> cases - for use on 15’s, 19’s, 14’s, etc.  What I’ve done a couple of 
>> times now is I take 5w-40 full synthetic oil and put on a thin layer 
>> with a cloth or paper towel (swirling it on), onto the heavy metal. 
>>  If the case is in real bad shape, a heavy coating will do with 
>> re-wipes every day or two, as needed.  I wish I took pictures of the 
>> before and after results (actually, I might have with one - will have 
>> to do some digging), but the full synthetic not only cleans - the 
>> heavy metal soaks it up like crazy(!), rejuvenating the 
>> paint/metal... and boy does it look nice ;D !  The only downside is 
>> if you get the oil onto the metal placards (such as the on/off 
>> placard labels, the teletype placard, etc.), the oil will turn the 
>> white into a golden brown, so you have to watch out for that… but 
>> even then, it looks nice that way ;p .  Recently on one the heavy 
>> metals, it looks as if the white is returning to the placards, so try 
>> that trick on your own placards at your own risk ;p .  Anywho, seems 
>> to have worked great so far and will continue to try this trick as I 
>> can :) … and will also send photos as I find them ;o .  Cheers ^_^ ~
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