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Article #11039Re: Meter repair; was: Re: Help! My CD player sk-sk-sk-sk-skips
From: Hans
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 22:31
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 22:31
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In article <1992Oct7.152712.26339@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) writes:
>In article <BFGRBZMK@dri.com> liberato@dri.com (Jimmy Liberato) writes:
>>Go to to a auto paint supply store and get the finest wet/dry sandpaper
>>they have (the kind for rubbing out lacquer, something like 1200).
>>Carefully sand radially (across tracks). Finish with Glass Wax. Of course
>>it is probably not worth $15 of your time to do all of that!
>
>Innnnteresting! Sounds like a way to get rid of scratchy surfaces on
>old surplus meter faces. I'll have to try it (on meters, not on CDs...)
Gee, I'd just use Brasso. No wax necessary, you can get it at the
grocery store, and it's a lot less than $15.
>:- Michael A. Covington internet mcovingt@uga.cc.uga.edu
-hans
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Hans-Gabriel Ridder Digital DECwest Engineering
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