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FW: (erielack) P2K/Bev-Bel E8/9 EL paint scheme



- -----Original Message-----
From: Robert Stafford [mailto:erielack1_@_yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:19 PM
To: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)
Subject: RE: (erielack) P2K/Bev-Bel E8/9 EL paint scheme


I have used the 91% alcohol from the drug store to
remove factory letting with a Q tip. I also use the
91% alcohol for cleaning my engine wheels and track.
Bob Stafford

- --- "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
wrote:

> Mark,
> 
> > Hello to everyone on the list.  I have a
> Proto2000/Bev-Bel 
> > painted EL E8/9 painted in the earliest paint
> scheme ("Radio" 
> > in maroon letters and  "Erie Lackawanna" in maroon
> lettering 
> > scheme).   I want to get rid of this maroon
> lettering.  What 
> > is the best way to get rid of it without painting.
>  If I have 
> > to paint over the lettering, what brand of paint
> should I use 
> > that matches what Bev-Bel used?
> 
> There are several ways you can try to try and remove
> the factory lettering. Sometimes a pencil eraser
> works to remove the lettering.
> 
> Another trick that can work: Apply denatured alcohol
> (the pure stuff, not the stuff you use to get out
> back pain! :) with a Q-tip slowly, and then use the
> pencil eraser to remove the lettering
> 
> The other option is, as you point out, to just paint
> over the existing lettering with gray paint (though
> odds are an outline of the lettering - due to the
> thickness of the ink used - may show through the
> paint). I'm not sure what color Life-Like used to
> paint these, so it's going to be a fun job of
> expermenting to figure out what color combination
> will match. Of course, gray is one of the hardest
> colors to accurately match. :(
> 
> My disclaimer: I'm not promising any of these won't
> destroy the factory paint! :)  Use caution!
> 
> 	- Paul
> 
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