HuskyHeadDave
ArboristSite Operative
Buy a tube of ZAM polishing compound... Made for silver/turquoise... The other thing that's fordom is good for!
A 5-step procedure that makes you want to buy another cover:
(1) Use a very sharp wood chisel to scrape off the scratched-in letters. Be careful and take off as little plastic as possible.
(2) Burnish the area with 100-grit sandpaper.
(3) Hone the same area with 400-grit sandpaper.
(4) Mix boiled linseed oil with Xylene (Xylol), about 50:50. Apply with fine steel wool, rubbing in.
(5) Repeat step 4 at least twice, allowing 24 hours between applications. Wipe clean.
If the letters are really scratched in deeply, the above will not work and nothing else will either.
It is. As others have told me, "Edwin, you have way too much time on your hands."
Sometimes it takes time to do things right..It is. As others have told me, "Edwin, you have way too much time on your hands."
I second the sticker solution. Every saw head loves a bad ass sticker on top of his saw! Get on of those 3d ones (bubble sticker, like the xp ones) and it will hide any engraving undet it.Send it to Randy and get a sticker put over it !
I have a broken 880 cover, im gonna give it a try for you when i get a chance. Curious myself.If you use the heat method it would be good to find an old part and practice on it first.
Flat piece of steel like a putty knife with wooden handle heated with torch then just lay it flat to the etching.
Practice on a Poulan or Craftsman. No great loss if the whole plastic saw evaporates in smoke.
I would not be too concerned about some ones name being etched on if I had receipts or could prove where I got the stuff legally so as to show any possible investigators later. I keep a heads up and if a seller would not give me a written receipt I decline buying stuff with others names carved in stone, but again I'm kinda a suspicious guy when buying stuff and want receipts, with ID DL numbers. (man has got to protect his backside)
I would be more alert if I noticed where someone had purposely tried to erase a etched ID on a piece of eq more so than if I could see the previous etching.Huh oh, that looks like someone has purposely tried to hide something sort of thing!
I wouldnt assume that the OP bought stolen saws. I have bought some power equiptment that had the name of the owner etched in, that was NOT stolen and also wanted to turn a buck on it and didnt want anyones name on it.
It's kind of a pain to remove someone else's name, most times I'd just replace the plastic..Agreed. I have purchased a number of builder/project saws from Dealers that were former Tree Service saws with etched names, spray paint, or some other distinguishing marks.[/
It's kind of a pain to remove someone else's name, most times I'd just replace the plastic..
Exactly! The PM 800 I had was too nice to drag out in the woods, as was the near mint Poulan 3800, along with a couple of other more current saws. Down the road they went.Yeah, any saw around here that's too pretty usually gets sold..
LMAOSend it to Randy and get a sticker put over it !
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