Fixing holes in 702B housing help needed

[RotoTech99]

Dear Forum:

I need assistance and advice on a white 702B housing with two holes in it; one front and one back.

I guess they were added to put a feature there; but I would like to fill those in and use the housing as a standard 702B housing.

Does anyone please have some ideas on what I could plug/fill those with before I repaint it in white?

All advice and suggestions welcomed.

Thank you,
RotoTech99

[rbouch]

Do you have a spare shell you could take the material out-of? Any 1960s western electric shell?  I assume this isn't sift plastic?

At least then you would be using the same material and if you're going to paint it colour isn't much of an issue

[RotoTech99]

I am not sure what you mean by "sift" plastics, but I do have some extra Princess shells I could cut a piece from to make the plugs... I would like to use a hole punch of some kind to punch the piece out, then super glue or epoxy them in place.

I'm not too good at "rough forming" a piece to make for the hole.

RotoTech99

[rbouch]

Sorry, I meant soft.

[RotoTech99]

Ok, I think I do, because I have some mismatched 701B housings that I believe would do nicely for that; I think they were for other than WE judging by the placement of the cord  openings.

[Greg G.]

Instead of repainting it, why not use the retro-bright process on it?

[RotoTech99]

I'd consider it, but I think painting it would be easier.

[WEBellSystemChristian]

What you could do is fill the holes with white ABS plastic from another Princess shell (mixing the plastic with acetone) then sand and polish, followed by Peroxide whitening.