[Ron Ramirez]

Well, lest youse guys think I have abandoned this thread...here's a brief progress report.

I finally acquired some butyl rubber gloves and tried again.

Success.

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Kirk, I can finally see the wood of the front panel and the top of this Philco 66B.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...18_009.jpg]

It still needs a lot of stripping on the sides. Once the worst of the sides are stripped, I think going over it once or twice will take care of the remaining paint residue.

Butyl rubber gloves are the thing to use with the acetone/lacquer thinner recipe, or with straight acetone. At least they held up longer than five minutes.

Nitrile, schmitrile. Nitrile gloves are no good for any serious work with harsh chemicals! Unfortunately, nitrile is what's being pushed these days and I can't find rubber gloves locally anymore. I will be ordering more butyl rubber gloves for this work. The pair I have now are still good, but they won't last forever.