Grundig 3028 - peeling dial glass

[Bushbaby]

Hi All,
I am about to start restoration work on a Grundig 3028 radio that I recent acquired.

Overall, its not in bad condition but it does have areas on the dial glass which is peeling from the face of the glass. I beleive that this is a common problem and one that i will have to deal with as the restoration progresses.

This transfer material is extremely brittle and fragile so I am loathe to touch it without knowledge of a potential 'fix'.

Has anyone found a good method of repair for this?

Regards

Rob:helpme:

[fido]

What about clear Fablon? If the loose bits have not curled up too much the sheet of Fablon might push them back into place as you flatten it down to the back of the glass. Alternatively you might find someone with a good one they can scan to print a new dial.

[Yorkie]

Assuming that the lettering isn't white, which you can't print on a standard printer, I'd be inclined do do a scan and clean it up in photo editing software, then to make a water-slide transfer and apply it to a new piece of glass, so that you have the original as a back-up. You'd have to reverse the image of course, or the lettering will be back to front as you'd fix the transfer on the rear of the glass. You can do as Jamie says, spray it with clear lacquer, but that would seal in any dirt, and presumably the lettering is so fragile that you don't want to risk loosing any. It's a real problem as the dial on a radio is such a focal point, and the one thing that we always struggle with, unless the dial is a solid one on painted metal behind a glass front.

Best of luck with it Rob.


David

[mintra]

I try not to get anything other than Murphy but I could not resist a 3028 for £10 whilst I was collecting a Murphy.

The dial glass has two areas top left and top right, the peeling on this unit is purely due to two rectangles of 4x1 inch sellotape (or German equivalent) stuck onto the back during manufacture, then this has peeled as the tape has shrunk with age.

To repair this I need to find what the colours of the paint were. To get an exact match of the brown and gold.

It then has some lines and text (AERIAL DIRECTION & STATION TUNING)

I can see two ways to fix this based upon the methods I have used to recreate Murphy dials.

One would be to just fix up the damaged bit, probably what I will do, or the other is to recreate the whole dial, on a new bit of glass.

Either way I use corel draw to recreate the dial or dial area, then set the different colours on layers. Then I paint the colour in the Grundigs case brown, then use a laser to burn off the text for the writing at 600 dpi, then paint over this in gold, finally use the laser again to burn off the stuff that needs to be clear.

I have access to a Laser at Fablab in Manchester

I still need to get the skill to match the paint.

[Yorkie]

You could always ask Ben Dijkman in Holland if he does one.

For example, he's done one for forum member John Geaney's 'Radialva' which is only 15 Euro, and does one for the Ekco AC77 that I'm dithering about tackling, which is a bit more pricey at 25 Euro, but not exorbitant for low turnover items such as radio dials. He does lots of other things to order such as repro knobs and backs. There is always the conundrum as to whether the actual set justifies the expense, but then it's a hobby after all, and hobbies come with a cost attached. Even making a waterslide transfer (AKA 'decal') isn't without costs, and is out of the question if there is any white text called for.

Heres' the link to Ben's dials:

http://www.bendijkman.nl/index.php?option=com_sobi2&catid=3&Itemid=53&lang=en