another cat removal

[DaveWM]

had a nice new deep crack in the pva, I was able to pick out a chunk about
1" by 2".

it would be a nice sized piece to play chemistry on.

I will prob stick in in a pan of brake fluid, maybe a side by side comparison 1/2pan of brake fluid pan 1/2 pan of water.


Water does the trick you just need to be more patient than the owl on the tootsie pop commercial...

[bgk283]

I picked this up in January, let it soak in water for 2 months, today, nice and sunny in NY, put it out in the yard, the mask literally popped off in about an hour. Ive heard someone say that patience with these things is the key. cheers, Bruce

[DaveWM]

nice series of pics, you can see the "fingers" working across as the pva releases. I could prob do the same to mine now, I just dont have a decent way to hold the CRT in place (for the sun bake).

[bgk283]

Hey Dave, i, as you can see, just used a standard garbage can with some 10 lb weights in the bottom so it wouldnt be too top heavy and let it do its thing. In the beginning i wasnt so patient though, i kept looking every day to see if the water was working and eventually just forgot about it. The tube tests good, however, and now i just have to install it and see how it goes. good luck buddy

[DaveWM]

roger that. FYI I have made my stockholm my daily watcher, The old CRT is working well. I never retested it after the inital check out where it tested weak.

The one I am soaking test very good so I am looking forward to getting it done and will install it in the stockholm (will then do the process on its crt which is also needing a de-cat.

Are you planning on reintstalling the lens? I have a CTC7 that will prob get the next CRT I de-cat, that way I dont even have to worry about reattaching it.

[bgk283]

actually the last picture in that series of photos i posted is the tube with the lens re-installed, i used the strips of foam tape and taped up the sides with some clear packing tape. Im glad that youre getting life out of that Stockholm. I just moved into a bigger house and mine is the daily watcher and the center of the living room, its just so damn cool looking...Bruce

[DaveWM]

oh yes I bet folks say "wow nice color I did not know they looked that good" when they see yours, I get that a lot. I have another CTC-16 that needs a new cabinet that I hope to put in a bedroom, its vertical (speaker on the bottom) so up a little higher for better viewing. I am also digging on the phono and stereo, when there is nothing on tv to watch.