Cleaning melted plastic from MC275 chrome surface


It's a nightmare on MC275th Street - A brand new demo MC275 was plugged in at a show without the I.I.C. (Idiot's in Charge) having removed the styrofoam tube cover. That's right. They bypassed all warnings on the amp itself and without a thought, cranked the amp on only to smell burning and then see smoke pouring out beneath the tube cover. What we have now is the chrome tube surface scarred with a thin layer of melted black plastic residue. The tubes got waxed with black, but fortunately we were able to crack that off. Is there anything we can do to rehabilitate the chrome without taking off any lettering? Please. This whole thing has made me sick. Kind of reminds me of Mr. Bean defacing poor old Whistler's Mother... but this is worse... Any ideas?
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Goo Gone

This stuff works pretty good on most stuff, it'll take a while but certainly worth a shot.

Best of Luck

Peter
I'd suspect that the silk screened lettering is a baked on epoxy which is pretty hard to dissolve, then again the styrofoam is now baked on too. I'd still give the Goo Gone a try, its a natural citrus based product, quite oily in viscosity, might just be able to get in-between the chrome and the styrofoam and loosen it. I'd be very hesitant to apply more heat to the process, if the MC 275 was mine.

Best of luck and let us know how you make out.

Peter
Nsgarch

Steam? you have to be kidding. Moisture would be the very LAST thing I would apply to any electronic component.

Anyhow, best of luck with your project, let us know how it turn out.

Peter