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Finally, an xmas preasent to myself

Started by AL_as_needed, December 27, 2016, 09:52:59 AM

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AL_as_needed

So after a few weeks of on and off sanding and other attention, baby blue is about done.  Hard to tell in the "before" pics but there was quite a bit of sun fading around the front and sides  of the phone.

As they are shown:

The first breakdown after I picked up the phone, very very grimy.

Wet sanding started with 800 to cut down to clear material

Color difference in handset caps between sanded and faded.

And the final three are just some eye candy once it passed its final testing after assembly..... All the colors of a messed up rainbow!
TWinbrook7

AL_as_needed

Also as a side note, when taking the phone apart I noticed that the phone was under water at some point, not totally submerged but enough the flood out the bottom half of the ringer coil and everything below that point. Luckily this spared the dial mech and network, and the ringer seems to function just fine. If only phones could talk.....
TWinbrook7

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