This post is a follow up to the main restoration summary of a Beogram 4004 that I recently posted here. Due to a shipping mishap I had to wait for another hood to arrive from the Beoparts-store in Denmark. The first one came chipped:
Unfortunately, the Beoparts-store seems to enjoy saving on packaging, and so a minor whacking of the package on its way through automatic sorting machines or while being bounced around in speeding delivery vans can cause significant damage. This shows the damage to the carton at the location of the above chip:
These fairly delicate hoods come in a single cardboard wrapper
with barely enough space on the inside for a double bubblewrap layer around the hood.
Definitely not enough cushioning. Luckily, the Beoparts-store does not make a fuss about such damages and they replace for free. Though I really wonder if this is very efficient compared to double boxing them outright. Charge a few $$ more for the additional packaging and save everybody some time?
Anyway, the replacement recently made it in good shape, and so I set out to repaint the corroded hinge. This happens fairly often with Beogram hood hinges. Two pictures of the damage:
I took the hinge assembly apart to get the main part ready for spray painting:
Normally, pretty decent results can be achieved by sanding the corroded areas with an orbital sander followed by spray painting with a satin enamel. This is the result of my efforts:
Not perfect, but definitely much nicer than the corrosion!
This shows the hood replacement and the reproduction aluminum strip:
And here after everything was put together:
This concludes the restoration of this Beogram 4004, and it will soon be time to send it on to its owner.
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