I love restoring and cleaning up old lights, breathing new life into them for collecting.
I purchased this one from NEB, which was a great transaction! I know this wasn't a big deal of a cleanup or restore, but this is what I do with all incoming lights into my collection.
I took it apart, cleaned the insides and the outside of the case (had a slight sticky tape residue on the side). I even take fine point Q-tips into the seams and lettering and blow out the insides. I put a new chord on it (professionally attached as it would from factory) and used Novis cleaner to polish up the lens.
Looks great!!! Could pass as NOS....maybe.
Just wanted to show you guys what I do with my lights.
I'm cleaning up an ex-chicago PD blue firebeam today. Also polishing up a green lens I found for it. It's a fun hobby and it's about the nostalgia of having used these lights myself years ago.
I purchased this one from NEB, which was a great transaction! I know this wasn't a big deal of a cleanup or restore, but this is what I do with all incoming lights into my collection.
I took it apart, cleaned the insides and the outside of the case (had a slight sticky tape residue on the side). I even take fine point Q-tips into the seams and lettering and blow out the insides. I put a new chord on it (professionally attached as it would from factory) and used Novis cleaner to polish up the lens.
Looks great!!! Could pass as NOS....maybe.
Just wanted to show you guys what I do with my lights.
I'm cleaning up an ex-chicago PD blue firebeam today. Also polishing up a green lens I found for it. It's a fun hobby and it's about the nostalgia of having used these lights myself years ago.
