02-11-2016, 12:23 AM
Thanks Kirk - your pleas have been noted and the sanding block in question retired. I'll go lacquer thinner shopping in the weekend.
I love electrical restoration / repair / alignment (and that fits with my background in electronics) but I will admit to being an utter n00b at this point where cabinets are concerned... I've backlogged about 8 nice wooden cabinets simply due to not really being sure where to start or how to proceed once I have - the chassis' all work perfectly and some like my Philco 89B I detailed on here are display-ready - but they are all sitting naked and waiting.
What I have done is a couple of basic little box-shaped cabinets where I simply scraped and light-sand finished them then did about 8 thinned-down coats of semi-gloss poly on them (and I'm aware that some people don't like poly - but its what I could find and afford, and the finish was quite nice to my eye, although nothing like what I often see here). No rubbing out or any other processes - just thinned down to about 1/4 strength and brushed on at about 15 minute intervals. This is one, A NZ-made Courtenay 5M which was one of the first sets I ever restored and gave to my Aunt and Uncle as an xmas present because my Uncle had a similar one as a boy:
[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...pinqna.jpg]
And regarding the hair bands - they are much bigger and beefier than normal ones, but yes they contain elastic... I don't expect them to last but it was $2 for about 8 of them - my daughter wanted one so I have 7 to play with and each one is about 10mm wide (3/8") and quite beefy compared to normal hair ties... and probably nearly 1' long - I was also thinking of trying leather or synthetic leather - but sewing it in place would be difficult at best and I don't know how it would go being glued. Radio Daze sells the proper belt stuff I think? by the foot and in a kit... but postage to NZ is ridiculous - around $40NZD to get a small package from there to here.
Right, time for chassis #9... I sense a cabinet fest coming up soon... watch this space for questions... or maybe I'll do the 37-61 I have sitting here so watch the other space for questions
Cheers
Steve
I love electrical restoration / repair / alignment (and that fits with my background in electronics) but I will admit to being an utter n00b at this point where cabinets are concerned... I've backlogged about 8 nice wooden cabinets simply due to not really being sure where to start or how to proceed once I have - the chassis' all work perfectly and some like my Philco 89B I detailed on here are display-ready - but they are all sitting naked and waiting.
What I have done is a couple of basic little box-shaped cabinets where I simply scraped and light-sand finished them then did about 8 thinned-down coats of semi-gloss poly on them (and I'm aware that some people don't like poly - but its what I could find and afford, and the finish was quite nice to my eye, although nothing like what I often see here). No rubbing out or any other processes - just thinned down to about 1/4 strength and brushed on at about 15 minute intervals. This is one, A NZ-made Courtenay 5M which was one of the first sets I ever restored and gave to my Aunt and Uncle as an xmas present because my Uncle had a similar one as a boy:
[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...pinqna.jpg]
And regarding the hair bands - they are much bigger and beefier than normal ones, but yes they contain elastic... I don't expect them to last but it was $2 for about 8 of them - my daughter wanted one so I have 7 to play with and each one is about 10mm wide (3/8") and quite beefy compared to normal hair ties... and probably nearly 1' long - I was also thinking of trying leather or synthetic leather - but sewing it in place would be difficult at best and I don't know how it would go being glued. Radio Daze sells the proper belt stuff I think? by the foot and in a kit... but postage to NZ is ridiculous - around $40NZD to get a small package from there to here.
Right, time for chassis #9... I sense a cabinet fest coming up soon... watch this space for questions... or maybe I'll do the 37-61 I have sitting here so watch the other space for questions
Cheers
Steve
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