1955 zenith

[DaveWM]

Nice looking Maggie

[snelson903]

that's my helper kitty he has to be right there all the time what ever i do,even goes out to the garage with me.

[snelson903]

thank's

[Ed in Tx]

I remember those old Zeniths. The channel number projects onto the back of the center of the tuning knob as I recall.. nice!

[Glenz75]

Both of those sets are very nice indeed Great finds!

[snelson903]

that murphy 23 sure catches my eye ,never seen one before nice collection

[Glenz75]

Thanks Yeah that Murphy sure is a nice looking TV. Cheers Glen

[snelson903]

the picture tube in the maggie tested vary strong after a clean balance no leakage/strong focus im vary happy ! does anyone know if that cataract can be fixed on a roundie in same way as the rect. picture tube ?

[Phil Nelson]

Yes, cataracts can be fixed and that has often been discussed in the Early Color Television forum. Here is one recent discussion:

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php...light=cataract

If you search in that forum for "cataract" you will find other discussions.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[snelson903]

is that just glass without any baked on coating,because if is just pure glass has anyone tryed soaking the face of the tube in pure mineral spirits for day or so that pva compond looks a form of r v t silicone and mineral spirits will dissolve silicone nicely, doug on his video said he used carb&choke cleaner to clean the residue off the picture tube.but if there is any other coating on that glass the solvent will make it cloudy. but if that will work temp. is no longer a issue. anyone got a old bad tube to experiment with ha ha

[snelson903]

phil are all those tv's and radio's your's in that gallery if they are then WOW there are some vary nice color sets there .

[snelson903]

does'nt anyone want to touch that question ? hay does anyone have any of that pva still in a trash can ,they could put some solvent on it and see it desolves it. theres away we could test that theroy.

[miniman82]

I've tried everything under the sun, nothing touches it. Best thing to do is either the hot wire method, or the one where you slowly insert wooden wedges while the face of the tube bakes in the hot sun.

[DaveWM]

soak it in water for a few weeks to soften up (if its green, then not needed), pick out some of the softened up stuff around the edges, secure the CRT face up in the sun, let it warm up some, insert wood wedges (wood clothespins work well) evenly around the edges where you picked out the old glue, tap them in GENTLY until just snug, walk away for 45 min, tap them in some more, repeat that process. After done the move the CRT to a shade area and let it cool SLOWLY, or just let the sun set, by then it will have cooled. A small kiddie pool is good to soak in, just put a towel down 1st in the water to protect the lens from scratching on any sand that may be in the water. I "think" brake fluid may attack it (IIRC I put a chunk in a jar) but its mighty wasteful and costly, when water and sun does it just fine.

this discussion really belongs in the early color btw..

[miniman82]

Not really, some early B&W tubes have lenses too.