JVC M90 clean up with pictures

blu_fuz · Mar 30, 2016

I bought this M90 for some parts I needed but boy it was disgusting when it got here. I knew I would be selling the majority of this blaster to someone else but it was so gross I simply couldn't just give it to the next guy like this. The project turned from a couple hour affair to a 2 day tear down, clean up, and re-assemble. I'm happy I did it because I would have felt like a tool shoving this filth on someone else.

You guys like to see the process, so I will share the pictures I have. It cleaned up to be pretty dang respectable considering how much worse it could have been.

Enjoy!

blu_fuz · Mar 30, 2016

blu_fuz · Mar 30, 2016

The bath was disgusting.

I'm pretty sure that was a combination of feces and hair. :sick:

blu_fuz · Mar 30, 2016

I had to put in a different set of speakers from a Lasonic that were painted black. I couldn't rush through trying to clean the original speakers and I also need the originals for one of my other radios.

Stacked up with his bro's :cool:

Okelly · Mar 30, 2016

The before pictures were disgusting! All that hair and I'm assuming cat piss...who would let that happen to any piece of electronics? The after pictures don't even look like the same box! Great work Joe and thanks for thinking about the life of this boomer going down the road to someone else who will appreciate it ðŸ‘

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BoomboxLover48 · Mar 30, 2016

Oh my! What difference! :yes:

blu_fuz · Mar 30, 2016

The only thing I can think of is that this radio was probably sitting in the same room as the cat litter box, maybe even right next to it...... anything that sprayed over the box hit the radio? Who knows. You can't even tell now it cleaned up so good. The cassette door was done, so I had to repaint that at least. I almost painted the whole front case except for the center section with the lettering but I couldn't commit the extra time to do it properly right now. The new owner can decide what they want to do with that, at least it's clean now! ;-)

howie1976 · Mar 30, 2016

When I die, I want to come back a boomer in Joe's collection!!! He really knows how to take care of his radios!ðŸ‘

blu_fuz · Mar 30, 2016

Oh, and here's the only picture I got of it before it was sold to me. You think he was trying to hide anything...... yeah :blink:

:annoyed:

You can't see a spec of detail in the picture, only that it looks complete and a little bit of wear on the tweet trims and around the power button and the speakers look dusty.

BoomboxLover48 · Mar 30, 2016

That seller is a big time crook! :yes:

Who would have thought it was that bad in reality!

blu_fuz · Mar 30, 2016

Not that the seller was a crook, but in this day and age there is no reason to have such crappy pictures. They could have mentioned there was 'foreign material' all over it and that it smelled :lol:

MyOhMy · Mar 30, 2016

It's so shocking the way some folk live and treat stuff, why on earth would anyone let anything get that bad - never mind an expensive item like this. On the other hand, I find what you did was exemplary, good man! :yes:

crazygamer · Mar 30, 2016

I suppose his/her cameraÂ´s lens was also contaminated with this "foreign material", thatÂ´s why so bad photos :w00t:

How did you paint those speaker covers, do you remove old paint or just make speaker grille surface rough and then spray the speaker grilles ?

BoomboxLover48 · Mar 30, 2016

howie1976 said:
When I die, I want to come back a boomer in Joe's collection!!! He really knows how to take care of his radios!

I also thought like that but changed my mind. :sadno:

He might give a good wash, paint some areas and sell me for parts! :yes:

blu_fuz · Mar 30, 2016

For the speaker grills i wash them, use air compressor blow them off, rough them up with sand paper/scotch pad, wipe down with windex, 3-4 coats of paint (sometimes primer 1st if I have it). I use to sandblast them and powdercoat grills but that's a bit overkill for these.

BoomboxLover48 · Mar 30, 2016

blu_fuz said:
For the speaker grills i wash them, use air compressor blow them off, rough them up with sand paper/scotch pad, wipe down with windex, 3-4 coats of paint (sometimes primer 1st if I have it). I use to sandblast them and powdercoat grills but that's a bit overkill for these.

Sand blasting works so well. After all the wash and sanding I use a steel brush for the final cleaning and that cleans the edged of the perforations real well. Then soap wash and final rinse in DI water, dry and paint.

I saw a hand held laser beam on you tube that can remove rust so well. That looks very interesting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLaBFkeHG0A&ebc=ANyPxKq9NNFGpxzPYmFCvDVLb02L_HhLqv3MCvsTB4amq4TIBqcXFGHgqdfv245uMSTWj_xHnQ9MovHi-ZAW0EA6ZqaxJM6o_Q

Lasonic TRC-920 · Mar 30, 2016

That was freakin' gross!

Cat's a radio's do not go together. I have opened more radio's where cats have sprayed piss in the speakers :annoyed:

This must have sat in a basement for decades!

I WOULD STILL HAVE IT THOUGH! :-D

riker1068 · Mar 30, 2016

What a deek seller

im_alan_partridge · Mar 30, 2016

Well done Joe. Look what a nice colour blue those speakers are on the inside of the box :yes:

how do you clean the circuit boards :dunce:

kennerithmcguire · Mar 30, 2016

WOW that was disgusting! Great job getting it clean and back in shape. **I also love the stack of M90's** :drool:

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