<div dir="ltr"><div>G'day All,</div><div>



















<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"">Refinishing the Bakelite Head<span></span></span></u></b></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"">I have lost the source of these instructions or I would give
attribution, but clean the head<span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"">well and wipe with a liquid cleaner like the type used
before spray painting metal.(Prepsol or Wax and Grease Remover<span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif""><span> </span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"">Then apply black India ink or (If you can get it, Waproo
Raven Oil, black powerful oil stain)… I used two coats letting the first coat
dry for about an hour before applying the second.<span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif""><span> </span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"">Then use black paste shoe polish rubbed in well. Polish.
Reapply paste and polish again. Finally, apply a coat of carnuba wax for
protection and final<span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif""><font size="2">shine. Be very careful to not drop the bakelite head! I recommend
doing all the polishing over a carpeted floor in case the head is dropped. This
should result in a control head that looks brand new.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2">Happy Healying,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2">Darryl Ross</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2">'67 BJ8 <br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2">Wagga Wagga</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2">Australia</font><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif""><font size="2"></font><span></span></span></p>





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