The radio is a canadian Northern electric with a nice green hammertone paint job. I need to loosen a mess of black gloss paint that was spilled on it. I have read that Easy-off Oven cleaner and brake fluid are good paint strippers for stripping a Bakelite cabinet.

I don't want to lose the original paint, just clean it. Any success stories?

:The radio is a canadian Northern electric with a nice green hammertone paint job. I need to loosen a mess of black gloss paint that was spilled on it. I have read that Easy-off Oven cleaner and brake fluid are good paint strippers for stripping a Bakelite cabinet.
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:I don't want to lose the original paint, just clean it. Any success stories?
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This is a tough one. If one knew what the original paint was - probably and hopefully oil based - but what other chemicals in both the new and old paint? And the spill was LATEX, and recent, and the original paint was in EXCELLENT condition - MAYBE. We could wish someone had waxed the cabinet when it had it's original finish. Sometimes new paint actually partly 'disolves' and mingles with the old. I am hesitant to suggest anything, and am not responsible for outcome. But if the original is oil, and the spill is a fairly recent latex, there is a product called "Goof-off". I guess it is still on the market. BE SURE TO TEST ON AN INCONSPICIOUS PART OF THE CABINET FIRST' AND RUB REALLY HARD. I have had success with wood, but never metal or bakelite. EdM

::The radio is a canadian Northern electric with a nice green hammertone paint job. I need to loosen a mess of black gloss paint that was spilled on it. I have read that Easy-off Oven cleaner and brake fluid are good paint strippers for stripping a Bakelite cabinet.
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::I don't want to lose the original paint, just clean it. Any success stories?
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:This is a tough one. If one knew what the original paint was - probably and hopefully oil based - but what other chemicals in both the new and old paint? And the spill was LATEX, and recent, and the original paint was in EXCELLENT condition - MAYBE. We could wish someone had waxed the cabinet when it had it's original finish. Sometimes new paint actually partly 'disolves' and mingles with the old. I am hesitant to suggest anything, and am not responsible for outcome. But if the original is oil, and the spill is a fairly recent latex, there is a product called "Goof-off". I guess it is still on the market. BE SURE TO TEST ON AN INCONSPICIOUS PART OF THE CABINET FIRST' AND RUB REALLY HARD. I have had success with wood, but never metal or bakelite. EdM
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I'm afraid the only wax this Panda has ever seen are the 3 melted blobs under the chassis. :>)
Latex comes off ok with a plastic scraper or a fingernail. I need to remove oil-base or acrylic, I think.
I will look for Goof-off, thanks. I can hear them in the hardware store now. "Goof-off? He's usually out in the yard there someplace". :>)

I may have to learn to use hammertone paint in the spray can. I hear getting it on evenly is a nightmare.

:I will look for Goof-off, thanks. I can hear them in the hardware store now. "Goof-off? He's usually out in the yard there someplace". :>)

Here is the link to it:

Goof Off (http://www.goofoffstainremover.com/)

I have had success using it to take oil and latex based paints of a metal radio and leave the original finish finish (enamel?). It did remove the decals, but left the original paint so long as I didn't work too long or rub too hard in one spot. Do NOT pour it on the paint, put a tiny amount on a rag and use a finger to rub it in gently. Finding the right pressure and amount to rub to avoid taking off too much was the hard part. With patience I succeeded... your mileage may vary especially as we are talking apples and oranges here.

Richard