Glad you enjoyed the trip into this very sad looking Pro-2006, Thankfully she is partly returned to her former glory. One of the all time scanner greats. Im looking at further modifications and improvements time /work commitments allowing.
On the repair,The cat hair wasnt the worst part, I did say "the previous owner must have had a cat"...now cats have a tendency to mark their territory. Now I will leave those thoughts to your imagination.
The gloves were compulsory bob550, and I billed myself treble time 6079smithw !
I tried just about every "flavour" of fabreeze known, then repeated spray with 100% isopropanol which evaporates very quick and removes residue left by the UK fabuloso equivalent (applied with an artists brush) & fabreeze combo..the quintessential ton of baby wipes followed the first batch and then we were getting somewhere.
A few hours after I was banished to outdoors by the XYL, I slipped back indoors relatively unnoticed minus the said radio ! I said I left it in the shed...I sneaked it back in later that evening with the cleaned 2006 and it has been indoors ever since.
I said" it is a different radio" and I maintain that story to this day...