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Cleaning 44 bulb sockets, whats your method?

By GreenMachine19

8 years ago


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#3 8 years ago
 
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One second with this Dremmel tip and she's clean for another 40 years.

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Quoted from dasvis:

Vid, won't that method remove any plating inside the socket?

It could.

If the socket is white with oxidation, it may be gone already.

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#18 8 years ago
 
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Quoted from Dayhuff:

For about a dollar I replace the socket and the bulb and be done with it for good.

Exactly.

I clean them if I have a funky socket or two, but on a restoration, of course you want all new bulb sockets.

And if it's a classic Bally with 555 bulbs in those craptastic plastic holders, I change it over to 44 bulbs.

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