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Old 14th Apr 2021, 5:20 pm   #1633
SiriusHardware
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Default Re: Non-working Commodore PET 3016

I wonder what it would cost for a body shop to spray it? It's a bit smaller than one of those things we dare not speak of here, so who knows, could be quite reasonable. The main thing is you'd have to remove or mask any decals / labels.

I've used the black / rubbery conductive paint to repair a few of my remote control buttons, such as power on / off and volume up / down after they went dead. They are still working but for any currently dead keys which are liable to take a hammering (such as 'A', 'fire' on Space Invaders?) I would move a 'fresh' original contact from a little used key to that position and put the re-coated key in the lesser used position.

Don't be afraid to roughen the surface of the old conductive blobs prior to application of the new 'skin' of conductive rubber - if the original surface is too smooth and shiny - often the case on a worn contact - then the new layer will just slide off it like a little black pancake.
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