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by **khardy** on Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:26 pm

Hi Folks,

Since we decided NOT to cannibalize the Crouse Hinds DT "Art Deco" light, we have continued with cleaning, blasting and polishing parts in preparation of painting. Reference: CH Art Deco - Tear Down
Below are photos of our progress so far....

There are a couple of parts from our CH TSW 443 in the mix in this photo.

After the aluminum parts were blasted, we ran them through the dishwasher with a double dose of powdered Cascade which causes the aluminum to turn a darker color. The Cascade helps to remove any abrasive material, dirt and corrosion which does not damage the metal.

These are the reflector brackets after polishing.

Cheers!

by **Macsignals** on Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:32 pm

Never thought of the dishwasher for that!! Thanks for that tip, now all I need is a dishwasher to accomplish it. :crazy:

Glad to see you're not parting out the single face after all, are you going to find another light for parts to the four-way? I'll be watching this one, those reflector frames look really good polished.

by **vaughn** on Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:34 pm

Good looking :thumbsup:

by **mcha9797** on Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:50 pm

Keep us posted, Looks like you will have 2 vintage signals restored. :thumbsup:

by **Crunge98** on Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:07 am

Dishwashers are great but I just got a new one and no more signal parts and corvette wiring harnesses in this one

by **khardy** on Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:56 am

Macsignals wrote:
Glad to see you're not parting out the single face after all, are you going to find another light for parts to the four-way?

Hi Ian,

After we had originally posted we were going to cannibalize the DT light, we had a reasonable offer of parts to fit on the CH TSW 443 from Signalstand which we took.

We have most everything we need to complete/restore both lights. As to the machine screws in the DT light, most were steel and rusty so we are replacing all with brass. We have a really nice old family owned hardware store near here that has all the screws and bolts we need. No need of McMaster Carr. Sondra and I now plan to restore the DT Light. We have thoughts of installing it on one of the posts we have.

Cheers!

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