In previous blogs I described repairing a knob, preparing to strip the face plate, and faceplate painting / lettering / pin striping / and clear coating. Now it is time to restore the knobs and face plate bezels.
The knobs were disassembled...that is to say that I removed the rear trim ring that has the font engraved for various settings and values. Using a Dremel Tool, a buffing pad, and Flitz metal polish, I slowly buffed each ring and polished them until that were almost to a mirror finish. The center "brites" (reflective center part) in the knobs were edge cleaned with #0000 steel wool, and polished in the same was as the rear escutcheons. The horizontal trim plates were polished by hand to protect the original Hallicrafters lettering. There was a little wear on that lettering and I wanted to retain as much of it as possible. Here's a few pics from that process...
