05-26-2019, 10:28 AM
Ha! I knew there was more than one red radio...
In the mid 70's I picked up a Malone-Lemon sloping panel Neutrodyne battery set. Painted this Chinese red over the entire exterior, the panel knobs, escuteon, except to a 10" rectangle across the top lid. That, must have been where the speaker sat...
The cabinet was solid walnut so it was a good candidate for strip and refinish. So it was, in ebony water stain and cabinet rubbing varnish. Knobs and panel were Bakelite so they were impervious to methylene chloride stripper. Chassis only needed a cold solder joint, repaired and worked like a dream I still have the radio...
So Jake give the stripper a try, with any luck the old finish is still under the red paint and the red should release clean from cabinet.
GL
Chas
In the mid 70's I picked up a Malone-Lemon sloping panel Neutrodyne battery set. Painted this Chinese red over the entire exterior, the panel knobs, escuteon, except to a 10" rectangle across the top lid. That, must have been where the speaker sat...
The cabinet was solid walnut so it was a good candidate for strip and refinish. So it was, in ebony water stain and cabinet rubbing varnish. Knobs and panel were Bakelite so they were impervious to methylene chloride stripper. Chassis only needed a cold solder joint, repaired and worked like a dream I still have the radio...
So Jake give the stripper a try, with any luck the old finish is still under the red paint and the red should release clean from cabinet.
GL
Chas
Pliny the younger
“nihil novum nihil varium nihil quod non semel spectasse sufficiat”
