Re: Restoration of an HP-15C Message #6 Posted by Geoff Quickfall on 15 Sept 2009, 1:11 p.m., in response to message #1 by Karl-Ludwig Butte
Hello Karl, and others!
Karl;
unfortunately any spray paint used, even those designed to bond with plastics will wear. If however you want to try it, I suggest that you remove it of course. Clean it with water, soap and a good rinse then after a thorough dry. Give it a light dusting of the silver spray. Follow that with a few coats. Then using a black wax filler pencil, fill in the 15C engraving. Rub off the excess.
These paints never give the 'mirror' finish they promise. The only way to do that is to vacumn plate the plastic.
An alternative is to remove the chrome, then polish the resulting black badge, then fill in the HP15 with silver paint. Not original but attractive and the added benefit of never having to paint it again!
The book: is almost complete, up to 400 photos and should top out at 350 pages. Problem is, information keeps coming up in this forum, like the delrin or nylon ball replacements mentioned in the HP-97 posting below.
Unfortunately it will not be done in time for HCC2009 next month I don't expect a major delay. Also, those attending the HCC will be getting a preview in the form of the talk in which they will see the quality of the photos and text and will be
Cheers, Geoff
p.s. keep an eye out at the auction site as the badges do come up occasionally.
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