Picked up a 1959 RCA Sportable.

[Eric H]

I did some cleaning on this set today.

I washed the chassis in the Soap & Water parts washer at work followed by a thorough rinse with hot water, I washed everything, including the Flyback and Yoke, I tried to stay away from the power transformer as much as possible.

It's sitting in my Oven right now cooling down after about an hour baking at 170 degrees (the lowest setting my Oven will do).

I also sanded and polished the safety screen, it was pretty banged up but it came out nice. There is one small crack but it's way off in a corner, there was another deep scratch dead center that I couldn't sand all the way out (it might be slightly cracked too) but it's not noticeable any more.

I used a kit made for buffing out headlights, start with 800 grit (or 500), then go to 3000 grit followed by buffing with Rubbing Compound and a sponge wheel, it came out quite nice.

Oh, this chassis does have access holes behind the PC board so recapping should be easy.

It has mostly those Brown or Maroon Epoxy caps, I believe I'll change them all out anyhow.

The CRT is a 17DKP4, it has a really short neck like a Predicta tube, I wonder if it would work in a 17" Predicta (6.3 volt heater though)