[TR] Cleaning Bakelite without turning finish to dull haze - was Control Head

[Chris Simo]

Anyone got successful  techniques they used to "revive" the finish on their
tired knobs and control heads?

Gary mentioned something about inda ink and wax.  I was thinking of
trying India ink and maybe a clearcoat.

For example, my TR2 has the original knobs/buttons - "Star"t does not have
"push" under it and "Choke" does not have "pull".  I'd like to get them
looking spiffy as well.

Chris

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 11:42 PM, spook01 at comcast.net
<spook01 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Interestingly, bakelite is sort of an early plastic. Made of a formaldehyde
> resin and dirt, dust, ground up wood, it was cured by heat.  It's non
> conductive, so everyone loved it!  It was used in electrical, cars,
> boats.....even jewelry!  It came in a wide variety of colors, some swirled,
> depending on what was mixed with the resin.
> Kinda interesting stuff. I have a old shoe shine kit made of the stuff.