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Old 07-20-2017, 11:46 AM
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Old 07-20-2017, 01:07 PM
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Im very jealous. Nice find!
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Old 07-20-2017, 01:24 PM
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Old 07-21-2017, 11:46 AM
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Hey, I have the same sign. They look great when lit up. Yours looks almost like new. Mine has some weathering here and there, but still presentable. I bought it in Washington state; it was originally used in a motel in Arizona or New Mexico.

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Old 07-21-2017, 12:53 PM
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I've heard oven cleaner is good at removing paint from plastic. YMMV
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Denatured alcohol removes paint from plastic phone cords and hard plastic housings for me. Not isopropyl. Denatured alcohol is a pretty good solvent and kind to everything but Tenite and older 1950s plastics, but your sign has the 1969 RCA logo, so it's later.

DA could also remove some of the outdoor grime from the rest of the sign. But to be sure, try it in an inconspicuous place first, as you should anything that might damage or cloud the plastic, just to be safe, and see if any color comes off.

I remember those signs from my days traveling with the family to Florida and Pennsylvania. First thing out of the car my sister and I 1) Found out if it was a color TV and 2) Found out what kind of ice was in the ice machine. I remember those RCA 19" TVs they used too.
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Old 07-21-2017, 02:19 PM
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Do you have both sides?
I am just trying to decide on the best way to remove the paint on the plastic.
Mine has only one side (didn't know they could be two-sided). I guess they mounted it on a wall.

Best way to remove the paint depends on the type of paint used -- which is anybody's guess. I'd start with the gentlest method and move up to harsher stuff if that doesn't work. They probably didn't use latex, but that can be softened by laying a rag soaked in paint thinner on it for a while; then you could gently rub off or scratch off with a fingernail, if lucky. Tougher paint may need something more aggressive. Whether the stronger solvent harms the underlying paint/plastic also depends on the type of materials used there.

The standard advice is to test your solvent on a hidden or unobtrusive part of the object. Perhaps if you remove the frame, there is a normally-hidden edge of the painted piece that you can test.

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Old 07-21-2017, 02:30 PM
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Coming from the computer collecting group where we dealt with spraypaint marks on some machines one way we dealt with stripping paint paint down to the original plastics was brake fluid. I use it on Apple products which have textured surfaces and it then rubs off with a rag and some water.
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Old 07-21-2017, 04:12 PM
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+1 on the Easy Off Oven Cleaner, used it to strip paint of a plastic TV Bezel.

As always test it first to make sure it won't dissolve the plastic.
Citri Strip will ruin plastics.
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Sweet. A local shop went out of business a few years ago. They wanted a "starting" bid of $300! Nice catch.
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Nice catch.They are hot as much as beer signs.I have a Sylvania sign from my friend shop in the garage .I hope you can get the RCA logo showing on it.
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