Carefully dismantle the telephone as much as possible. Then
- Clean the Bakelite with a good non abrasive chrome cleaner such as autochrome. Working the cleaner into the telephone in a circular motion.
- The next stage and most important stage is to use "paste polishing number 5" from greygate chemical products specifically designed for cleaning Bakelite telephones.
- Finish with a good quality "carnauda" car wax (that containing no silicones)
Please let me know if you ever find a better way to clean Bakelite phones. or have any useful information about old British telephones.
2 comments:
Excellent post, what advise do you have for cleaning plastic 7xx series phones esp dealing with 'browning'?
Hi!
I recently bought a Black Bakelite telephone which is in a beautiful shiny condition, but felt the hand set needed a bit of a buff. I used paste no 5 and it has left it with a dull yellow tinge. What can I do? Would you give me some advice?
Thank you
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