Here's a tip for all you guys (like me) that are planning to freshen up your
gauges. Go to your local hobby shop, the one that sells Tamiya plastic model
kits and paints. The "Tamiya Colors" paint, light blue XF-23 is a dead
ringer for the color used on the inside of Sunbeam Gauges. It's an acrylic,
so it works fine in touching up or in complete resprays.
Peter S.
B9471799
Roland Dudley wrote:
> A few years ago I had to repair the snake's oil pressure gauge. While I
> was at it I cleaned up the inside including the face and glass. After
> the gauge was re-installed, I was amazed at the difference in brightness
> between it and the others gauges at night. As a result I pulled all of
> the gauges (a monumental pain) and gave them the same treatment. Prior
> to this some of these gauges were virtually impossible to read at night
> even with the rheostat set to full brightness. While all of the gauges
> are American made Stewart Warners, the dash lighting is all Lucas, so I
> had always blamed the Prince of Darkness for this problem. But now all
> of the gauges are easy to read at night even with the brightness set to
> a minimum level. All of these gauges have blue filters, BTW.
>
> Roland
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