Fixing This Tube Amp Is Gonna Kill Me! 1957 Eico HF-52 • P4 Spray Painting The Cadmium Chassis

Welcome to part four of the Eico HF-52 tube amplifier series. In parts one through three I stripped this horribly-built amp down to its bare cadmium-plated chassis. And in this episode I attempt to repaint it. As with everything about this amp, major frustration ensued.

0:00 Intro
0:27 Toxic Cadmium Plating & Harsh Chemicals
0:48 Orbital Sanding The Chassis
1:09 Masking The Chassis For Ground Points
1:28 Krylon Color Max Gloss Navy Blue Spray Paint
1:32 Applying The First Coat
2:40 Stripping The Output Transformer
2:57 Sanding The Output Transformer
3:04 Painting The Output Transformer
3:19 Painting The Power Transformer
3:24 Painting The Bottom Cover
3:31 The Chassis Is a Blotchy, Orange-Peel Mess
3:37 Let’s Try Wet-Sanding
3:41 Let’s Add a Second Coat of Paint
3:43 I Hate Painting
3:48 Let’s Try Wet-Sanding Again
3:52 Let’s Buff It Out
4:05 Strip!
4:18 Attempt #3
4:37 Removing The Twigs
4:51 Cleaning The Potentiometers
5:01 Cleaning The Sockets & Controls
5:11 Testing The Potentiometers
5:47 That’s Some Quality Pot
5:51 Live Testing The Power Transformer
6:03 We’re Gonna Need Some New Parts

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