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sammy 
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 Topic: Restoring data platesPosted: 02 July 2009 at 9:32pm |
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My M100 plates are in sorry shape, how would I restore them?
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hillbilly21
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Posted: 02 July 2009 at 11:25pm |
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buy a set off e-bay...cant think of the sellars handle but I do know he was in Poland and he was very resomable for the set I bought
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ndrtkr
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Posted: 02 July 2009 at 11:54pm |
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Robert DeRuyter is the gentlemans name....He can restore your originals, but
I agree his reproductions are spot on. I have one of his Bantam plates on
my T3. He can also correctly stamp them with your serial #'s. You can email him
at rdrnl@xs4all.nl. He'll fix you up!
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sammy
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Posted: 03 July 2009 at 1:38am |
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What about with the inspected by mark?
I'd rather keep my originals and try to make it look better myself. Ideas?? Thanks |
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Randy Snyder
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Posted: 03 July 2009 at 10:12pm |
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Here's what I did.
Take a scoth pad and clean the plates well. Your looking at removing the oxidation and making the raised letters 'shine' a little. Spray paint the the whole surface with semi-gloss black paint.
Let dry over-night.
Then sit down at the dinner table one eveing and take an Exacto-Knife and start scraping off the paint on the raised lettering. Take your time. One plate a night and they will look beautiful.
I've had many comments on mine and folks think they are new. My 2 cents...
Randy
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