10-23-2010, 03:34 PM
Friday, October 22.
Not such a good day today in terms of cabinet progress...
Realizing that good weather was winding down, and after hearing the forecast call for a slight chance of rain Saturday, I decided to mask off the 44B cabinet trim to be toned Extra Dark Walnut.
First. I reattached the bottom trim to the left and right sides. The trim pieces still had some of the old veneer glued to them; in order to get the veneer off, I literally had to whittle some of it off. Once this was done, the trim pieces were reattached to the cabinet.
Using painter's masking tape and some newspaper, I carefully masked off the cabinet so only the trim was showing, as shown below:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_024.jpg]
Three coats of Extra Dark Walnut later, the trim was all a uniform dark color.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_025.jpg]
So far, so good.
Or so I thought.
After letting the cabinet dry for awhile, I removed the tape and newspaper.
I was shocked to find that the tape had left a lot of residue behind!
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_026.jpg]
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_027.jpg]
What appears to be heavy scratchiness and scuffs in the photos above is actually tape residue.
The day was ruined. I was afraid the cabinet was ruined as well. In disgust, I quit working on it for the day.
That evening, I did some internet research on how to remove tape adhesive from lacquer finishes. The one product that was mentioned most often was naptha.
I resolved to find some naptha the next day and try it.
Not such a good day today in terms of cabinet progress...
Realizing that good weather was winding down, and after hearing the forecast call for a slight chance of rain Saturday, I decided to mask off the 44B cabinet trim to be toned Extra Dark Walnut.
First. I reattached the bottom trim to the left and right sides. The trim pieces still had some of the old veneer glued to them; in order to get the veneer off, I literally had to whittle some of it off. Once this was done, the trim pieces were reattached to the cabinet.
Using painter's masking tape and some newspaper, I carefully masked off the cabinet so only the trim was showing, as shown below:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_024.jpg]
Three coats of Extra Dark Walnut later, the trim was all a uniform dark color.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_025.jpg]
So far, so good.
Or so I thought.
After letting the cabinet dry for awhile, I removed the tape and newspaper.
I was shocked to find that the tape had left a lot of residue behind!
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_026.jpg]
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_027.jpg]
What appears to be heavy scratchiness and scuffs in the photos above is actually tape residue.
The day was ruined. I was afraid the cabinet was ruined as well. In disgust, I quit working on it for the day.
That evening, I did some internet research on how to remove tape adhesive from lacquer finishes. The one product that was mentioned most often was naptha.
I resolved to find some naptha the next day and try it.
--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
