I was watching this thread with interest as this was one of the next things
I had to do to my '53 M38A1. The data plate was black. I saw one response
where brasso would go a long way to cleaning up the brass data plates. My
wife suggested that I first try a pink eraser. Damned if it didn't work
great!! I was able to bring the raised letters up to 80% in about ten
minutes per plate. I tried the brasso after that. It raised the sheen of
the letters a bit, but also seemed to be taking the top layer of paint as
well (might just have been dirt in the top layer but I didn't want to risk
it).
So in short, try rubbing the data plate with a pink eraser and a some
brasso. You'll be pleased.
Greg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John's mail [SMTP:fly-fish@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 4:13 PM
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Subject: [MV] Data plate restoration
>
> List,
>
> I know that somebody asked this in the past but I never saw a
> follow-up
> message on the issue. The data plates for my M38A1 are kind of obscured
> by
> paint, corrosion and time. Is there any good way to bring these back to
> life? Any responses would be helpful
>
> Thanks!
>
> John Edwards
> '53 M38A1 #36399
> MVPA #20392
>
>
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