C.O.C.A. Times

RESTORATION TIPS
Tip #1
Tip #2
by Don Porn
by Jack Freund
When you find a machine that has a number of old Machines that have "frozen" mechs are a problem
coats of chipped paint, what do you do? Get out a for collectors. Getting them freed up is sometimes
very frustrating and often leads to breakage. Here
bottle of stripper or go to a sand blaster?
are two tips that may ease the frustration.
I have found a great inexpensive way to wash away
the paint by using a solution of water and a chemi- Fill a 5 gallon plastic pail with water, put a couple
cal called TSP, tri sodium phosphate, a heavy duty of squirts of Dawn dishwashing soap into the water,
cleaner used to wash walls. It's available at all hard- submerge the frozen parts ... and wait for the soap to
eat away at the salt and corrosion. This takes
ware stores.
patience. I periodically remove the parts and tap and
To use, just fill a pickle bucket with hot water and jiggle to create new fissures for the soap to work on.
mix in a good amount of TSP. I don't have an exact I once soaked an old mech for almost two months,
formula for the mix, but try it and see how it works. but it eventually loosened up. At that point all you
have to do is rinse it in clear water ... no oily film to
If not strong enough I just add a little more.
worry about.
Here's the easy part, just soak the parts for a day or
two and then see the old paint just fall off. If you run If you don't have the time or patience and don't
into some stubborn spots, just wire brush the loose have to worry about saving the finish of your
paint and continue to soak the parts until the paint machine a propane torch applied directly at the
frozen part will often get the job done. The salt and
comes loose.
corrosion will break down before there is any dam-
I have been told that TSP actually etches the metal age to the metal parts (other than paint). There is
some risk of breakage if you try too hard to get
and that this offers a good base for the new paint.
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Lastly, if a globe is frozen to the rubber gasket and
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remove the globe. (Caution: immersing the entire
globe in the Dawn solution will remove or destroy
the decal).
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