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    EK with repainted core

    Hello.

    I have an EK1 with what I believe is a repainted core. I'd like to see if I can strip the paint off, but I have a few questions for anyone who has any experience with this:

    How can I best strip the paint without damaging the cross?
    Is it possible to strip off the "new" paint, but leave the "original" paint intact?
    If not, what am I likely to find underneath? What color? Finish?

    I believe the core to be iron. I have no idea when the core was repainted.
    I really appreciate any insights and advice.

    ~Trevor
    Best regards,
    Streptile

    Looking for ROUND BUTTON 1939 EK1 Spange cases (LDO or PKZ)
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    #2
    I have a 1914 EK 1with a repainted core that looked horrible. I took the old paint off with acetone. Here's what it looked like before I worked on it.
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      #3
      I just carefully daubed the acetone on with a Q-tip. Since the cross looked so bad to begin with, I wasn't too worried about what I might do to it. Still, after a few cleaning applications it looked like this. (It didn't seem like more applications of the acetone would do much more to the core, so I stopped.) I was pretty happy with the result.
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        #4
        I can never under stand why some people paint medals in the 1st place for me the more wear and that I been there look about it the better for me

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          #5
          Originally posted by derrydingle View Post
          I can never under stand why some people paint medals in the 1st place for me the more wear and that I been there look about it the better for me
          We had this discussion a couple of years agi and i was of the opinion that :
          Say some old veteran is going to a parade , he digs out the uniform all ironed and stored from last time . Gets out the shoes , a bit of spit and polish , out with the medals , and guess what . The paints all messsed up and rubbing away, seems a shame it lets the whole kit down .
          So , i would assume he would improvise with some PERIOD paint and do what seemed right at the time. Give it a frreshen up .
          Just one of the many reasone we came up with but totally feasable .
          On the other hand , some numpty tried to make it look nicer and failed miserably. And in the process destroys a piece of history .
          Mark

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            #6
            Look at that beading... its almost completely worn off.

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              #7
              "Look at that beading... its almost completely worn off. "

              But not by me. It was like that when I got it. And I got it because the reverse looks like this:
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              George

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                #8
                Catch close-up.
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                George

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                  #9
                  A very cool cross. I didnt mean it was worn down by you i mean, its a well worn cross. Never seen a beading almost completely gone like that.

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                    #10
                    Here's the cross in question. A "KO" marked pinback. Touched up at least once, in my opinion.









                    The back, just for reference sake:


                    Moderators: I realize I posted this in the wrong section, athough the information is just as useful to TR collectors, I'd imagine (<-- and I'm one, too). Also, I think I have a repainted TR EK which I will post here if I can find it. However, if the thread is best moved, please do so.
                    Best regards,
                    Streptile

                    Looking for ROUND BUTTON 1939 EK1 Spange cases (LDO or PKZ)

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