Ekco AC77

[Yorkie]

Great work David. It never occurred to me to use a decal to replace the wording on an electrolytic can - and I've cleaned quite a few where I left the original wording and thus a dirty patch on the can!

I've also not tried out the silicone rubber wire so that's another item for me to consider.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the restore.

Cheers, John

Initially I bought a few sheets of decal paper with a view to making decals for glass radio dials, but that has yet to come to pass. Many, if not most dials are printed on the rear, so the text on the transfer has to be reversed, and what you see through the glass is the back of the transfer - not the front. If all the water and air bubbles are smoothed out, I see no reason why if ought not to look good, but it's something I've never tried. What did impress me was how well the printing came out - very dense. I thought it would be a failure as my printer won't print onto acetate, so I thought maybe it wouldn't like decal paper, but it printed fine and the decal itself seems quite durable. I might try making a reverse printed dial when I get a bit of time, though I've nothing in mind. The firm who supply the paper - 'Crafty Computer Paper' now do a tougher paper that is dishwasher proof and I imagine that it would be excellent for radio dials where heat may arise from dial lamps. You can watch short little instructive videos at the website:

http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/.-M...dium=email&utm_source=Crafty+Computer+Paper+%2f+Specialist+Crafts&utm_campaign=3043215_a3+decal+paper&dm_i=IYT,1T85R,2PVBU9,6H8S8,1

As to the silicone rubber wire, Phil Marrison is the only chap I've come across who sells it by the Metre. I think there are about ten muted colours in two multi-strand gauges that he supplies. Phil started buying it for his own restorations, but it comes in 100 Metre reels, so he began selling it. Not really in business as such - just a hobbyist like us. I usually get ten Metres of most colours at the NVCF in May and it sees me through the year.

Phil is known as SWB 18 on the VRF, where you can PM him for details of colours and prices.