[Dick Finn]

I just received a $10 42-PT I bought at E-Bay. The wood case has a heavy coat of white paint that should be pretty easy to deal with. The chassis is another matter. The radio does work to some extent (brings in stations but with very low volume). The inside (bottom) of the chassis is relatively clean and some of the caps have been replaced. The problem is with the top of the chassis. It appears that it has been sprayed with something black. I could be paint but it washes off the tubes bery easily and some scrubbing with water seems to remove some of it from other surfaces. It's not an even coating overy everything but does cover about 90% of the chassis--including the tuning capacitor. I'm wondering if anyof you have run into this before. If so, can you suggest how I can clean things up. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Dick