Coke signs

[Sodak Bob]

I have looked at a few of these flange signs and thought they were too high priced.  I did end up buying this one on Ebay for $160 , it is dated A-M 12-51  The seller had it listed funny and I think it would have went higher if it was listed properly.  One side is very good and the other is only average condition.  Any way to clean/polish a sign like this without hurting it- or leave it alone??  It looks good enough and I have it displayed but I was wondering '>

I bought the second sign from the seller also.  A little rough, but good enough to display. ??

[aspbear1]

I would clean gently with soap and water and then a good coat of wax...

[Jim]

Ditto.
Just be careful if there's any flaking paint!
It looks as though you have some paint drips too...
These might prove to be difficult to remove without
damaging the original paint... I would leave these alone.

[collecture]

I have always heard that rubbing alcohol will remove the latex paint and not harm enamel.
Maybe you could test in an inconspicuous area?

[aspbear1]

I have had good luck taking the paint drips off wiith a single blade razor, very carefully cut the top of the drip off and then with q tips dipped in acetone they will come right off.  Just work slowly and be careful not to cut into the orginal paint.

If you are dealing with porcelain you can be a little more aggressive.  I have used a constant flow of water and 000 steel wool.

[SIGNGUY]

These will be tough, but I've had luck using a car cleaner/polish called Liquid luster. I've used it on signs and machines and it cleans and shines pretty good. it should at least give the button sign a little shine..
Good luck

[globalcompressors]

Great purchase.

[rogerz]

How many of these signs were painted and not porcelain?

rz

[SIGNGUY]

The Coke Flange sign was only made in paint, never porcelain, the button sign was made both in painted versions and also in porcelain, However the version with Sign of Good Taste was only available in Paint, the Porcelain button signs came in 24,36 and 48 inches and mainly only had the Drink Coca-Cola on it and sometimes had a yellow dot near the top, most of the porcelain ones came out of canada. There is a really nice version of the flange that came out that looks like this but instead of flat, it had 2 16" button signs back to back on each side, that is a much more rare version and brings serious dollars if you can find it in good condition.

[cormy]

Just be careful and resist the urge to scrub too hard. This is a problem that I have even after damaging signs in the past. Still do it  since I am a hard cleaner and sometimes (often) damage the paint more than help. '>

Painted signs are tough to get anything other than surface staining out. Wax it and if it doesn't work, live with it.