Bottlehead Forum
Bottlehead Kits => Crack => Topic started by: jboehle on March 20, 2014, 05:20:59 PM
-
I got my Crack kit today and the transformer has some goop on the sides that is not so visually attractive. What can I use to safely clean it off?
Also, is it safe to paint the sides of the transformer? I would like them to be a glossy black to go with how I am coloring the rest of the amp.
-
Yes, you can gently sand down the "goop". Then you can paint the stacks, but mask off the bell top and terminals bottom. I use use Rustoleum Appliance epoxy paint. Works well.
Cheers,
Geary
-
The goop is what holds the transformer together, so don't take too much off!
-
The goop is what holds the transformer together, so don't take too much off!
That's why I asked, I didn't want to use some solvent to clean it that would dissolve something important! Sounds like sanding just the extra goop off the outside should be okay then? I will tape some plastic over the top & bottom before doing it just so none of it gets inside the transformer.
-
No solvent. Just a light sanding to smooth out the varnish. I just finished a Crack. The varnish had major runs & globs. I used a sanding block to get it mostly even without cutting through to the stacks.
Cheers,
Geary
-
I did mine with a sheet of sandpaper on a pane of glass, the nice flat surface makes it easier to knock off the globs of glue without digging into the laminations. Looks flawless now.
-
No solvent. Just a light sanding to smooth out the varnish. I just finished a Crack. The varnish had major runs & globs. I used a sanding block to get it mostly even without cutting through to the stacks.
Cheers,
Geary
Hi Geary.
Are you referring to/talking about MY Crack ?
Guy 13
-
Thanks all, I lightly sanded until smooth to touch, wiped it down with a barely damp rag, then let it dry. Just finished painting it and now it's drying. I can still barely see some of the remnants of the goop but hopefully after it dries they will not be noticeable.
-
No solvent. Just a light sanding to smooth out the varnish. I just finished a Crack. The varnish had major runs & globs. I used a sanding block to get it mostly even without cutting through to the stacks.
Cheers,
Geary
Hi Geary.
Are you referring to/talking about MY Crack ?
Guy 13
That would be the one!
Cheers,
Geary
-
No solvent. Just a light sanding to smooth out the varnish. I just finished a Crack. The varnish had major runs & globs. I used a sanding block to get it mostly even without cutting through to the stacks.
Cheers,
Geary
Hi Geary.
Are you referring to/talking about MY Crack ?
Guy 13
That would be the one!
Cheers,
Geary
Hi Geary.
I should be getting my Crack on April the 11th around 11.30pm,
that the time of arrival of my wife's aunt.
She will also bring with her a 6AS7G RCA with a 12AU7 RCA clear top tunes.
So I will be able to do some tube rolling.
By the time I get back home with the auntie it will probably be around 1.30am,
but I am sure that won't stop me from plug everything and do some listening.
Who knows, I might spen the whole night listening to music.
Guy 13
Sorry for barging in this threat that is not mine.