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Telephone Identification, Repair & Restoration => Telephone Restoration Projects and Techniques => Sanding Plastic - Paper and Chemical Tips & Techniques => Topic started by: EbayJay on February 21, 2013, 10:04:54 AM

Title: Discoloration in finish WE-500
Post by: EbayJay on February 21, 2013, 10:04:54 AM
Has anyone seen this before? As I am wet-sanding this receiver, and I am getting a spot of different color. The spot grows as I sand, as if there is a different finish color layer below...? Any explanation? Thx.
Title: Re: Discoloration in finish WE-500
Post by: rdelius on February 21, 2013, 10:31:17 AM
Your handset might be painted. Look inside and look at the color
Title: Re: Discoloration in finish WE-500
Post by: EbayJay on February 21, 2013, 10:59:06 AM
Yea, that was my first thought, but the inside matches the outside....  ???
Title: Re: Discoloration in finish WE-500
Post by: Gilas on February 21, 2013, 11:38:43 AM
They can be painted the same color. I'm doing a turquoise one right now that did the same to me. I've had to sand it all away and it takes FOREVER. I've also sent it on a white one and black one I've had.
Title: Re: Discoloration in finish WE-500
Post by: ESalter on February 21, 2013, 11:51:36 AM
I've seen that on wall phones.  Handset is painted the same color because it was faded but the paint is wearing off from the cradle.
Title: Re: Discoloration in finish WE-500
Post by: EbayJay on February 21, 2013, 11:59:37 AM
Oh boy... sounds like I'd better get sanding! Uggggh... Thanks, guys.
Title: Re: Discoloration in finish WE-500
Post by: markosjal on May 10, 2017, 11:57:24 PM
I sanded a WE phone once and got what appeared to be a hair sized discoloration in the plastic. The more I sanded the more it seemed to show so I left it. It was not a painted handset it looked more like an unmixed swirl of color, or lack of.