Resurrection of a JVH from ORCA Benefit Auction

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Resurrection of a JVH from ORCA Benefit Auction

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I just posted this on the ORCA Facebook page FYI

https://www.facebook.com/22939876043477 ... 086900963/

This is what the rubber looked like before.


AFTER:

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The project took me about 8 hours elapsed time. Most of the effort went into restoring cosmetics of the rubber as the reel had broken pillars and missing screws/washers beyond my ability to replace until I find replacement parts.

BEFORE pics (borrowed from the auction listing):



AFTER pics:

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Always sooo much fun to see these kinds of posts from you, Paul. Thanks for taking time to share them!
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Awesome transformation! 8 hours sounds about right. Amazing!
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What did you use to restore the rubber ?

Thanks.

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Dean, I am taking a heavy-handed approach and removing the rubber surface all the way down to where the rubber is still it's original black underneath. The layer I am removing is probably no thicker than a sheet or two of newspaper. The rubber polishing process I use is illustrated about 3/4 of the way down this post: http://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopi ... 135#p87686.

It helps to be light handed to avoid taking off the edge details (like scribe lines in the rubber). There is a great deal of elbow grease and patience involved.

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Thanks Paul.

I was hoping you had discovered some sort of magic schmutz that you just sprayed on.

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You mean this stuff?

https://goo.gl/images/rlTMjL

:lol:

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