eBay 250686514544 #6 Dial with a Clear Cover

[Doug Rose]

Anyone ever see a clear cover on a #6 dial? First for me.....Doug

[LarryInMichigan]

I don't remember for sure, but I think that the #6 dial which i took out of a late 1960s imitation European phone has a clear cover.

Larry

[bingster]

Is that NOS?  It's my understanding that they were all clear originally, but they yellow over time.

[Doug Rose]

Is that NOS?  It's my understanding that they were all clear originally, but they yellow over time.

Darrin...I never knew that!....thanks....Doug

[Dennis Markham]

I have seen the white ones that are opaque.  Of course the yellow ones, but I find it difficult to buy that they were once clear and then yellowed.  They seem to be so evenly colored.  But I don't really know.  I wonder if there are any photos around that were taken when the covers were new.  Doug, yours IS unique.  Is that a Western dial?

[bingster]

I think I read that in the in the article that was floating around a while back, about the introduction of the #6 dial.  It described the "clear" cover over the mechanism.  I took that to mean colorless clear, but I suppose it could have meant yellowy clear, I'm not sure.  Has anybody ever tried polishing or bleaching one to see if the yellowing comes off?