billg's Traffic Light Restoration Project

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traffic light in overall good shape

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lots of faded and chipping paint

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backside condition is about
the same as the front

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large reflective dish behind
light bulb

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that's about it - not
a lot of guts to these things

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big difference between original
and current paint color

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three amigos

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everything is scrubbed up
and left to dry

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prep light visor for outside yellow
paint.  flat black paint was used
first on inside of visor.

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Ace Hardware's yellow enamel paint
"School Bus Yellow - 17135" used
for light signal body and parts

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Rustoleum's flat Black enamel paint
used for inside light visors

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Novus products did a nice job
cleaning up plastic light lenses

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parts ready for final assembly

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light lenses are nice and
clean thanks to Novus products

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everything is shiny!

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finally in the right place!

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original 135W halogen
bulbs - way too bright!

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used 25W bulbs instead of 
originals to reduce glare

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go!

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go faster!

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stop

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light sequencing provided by 
www.trafficlights.com (model T3)

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nice addition to gameroom

 


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