There is a chap who sells some sort of whizz type paint/stain that
restores rubber/bakerlite/etc. I have not used it but I have seen
good reports on it. Now you ask "Where should I find such desirable
goop?".....and the reply is.... "At www.britcot.com of course".
At 01:40 PM 6/27/2011, Austin Healey wrote:
>Hi Curt,
>
>Realy nice item!
>
>Gergo
>
>2011/6/27 Curt/Nancy Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com>
>
> > Gergo,
> >
> > I've attached a picture of a control head (trafficator) I just restored for
> > a fellow Healey List member. The outer cover piece is original Bakelite
> > that I restored while the horn button is a modern plastic replacement piece
> > that I polished, As you can see there is nor reason that a properly
> > restored original Bakelite piece cannot look exactly like a modern plastic
> > replacement.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Curt
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Austin Healey <pajtamuvek at
> > gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I just came in from the garage. Unfortunately I had broken the lamp switch
> >> knob. I restored the other knobs so if I buy a new one, it would not look
> >> OK. Does any of You have a restorable original for a BN4?
> >>
> >> Gergo
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