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10 radio cabinet restoration chronicles
05-29-2016, 09:02 PM
not a stupid question at all. He's talking about using rottenstone as the final polish on the lacquer. see: http://www.mohawk-finishing.com/catalog_...ictNbr=242
of course morzh is just throwing rotten tomatoes around 
05-29-2016, 09:03 PM
Rotten stone, sometimes spelled as rottenstone, also known as tripoli, is fine powdered porous rock used as a polishing abrasive for metal smithing and in woodworking. It is usually weathered limestone mixed with diatomaceous, amorphous, or crystalline silica.
Great for those piano finishes.. Sold on Amazon Me Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
05-29-2016, 09:27 PM
(05-29-2016, 02:32 PM)OldRestorer Wrote: Philco 50? I dont have a 50... I said 50-something. It is a 54. People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
05-29-2016, 09:28 PM
There is that thing called rottenstone. But Kirk meant it literally
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing. 
05-29-2016, 11:59 PM
Thank you! I've always wondered how you have gotten that mirror finish. Rotten
05-30-2016, 06:23 PM
You have my 54 chassis? News to me, lol.... Cabinet is shot to sheeeeit!
Good Shaler, Now you can rott it up too Me Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
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AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
06-09-2016, 01:24 PM
Very nice work Kirk! Until 6 months ago there was a gentleman that would do my cabinets. He was very reasonable. He passed away in April. Now I am going to have to do this myself if I can't find someone else . I used to work in a furniture repair place when I was in high school. I learned a few things but 35 years put that a long way behind me.
If I could find the place called "Somewhere", I could find "Anything"  Tim Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me , believes not in me but in him who sent me" John 12:44
06-09-2016, 01:39 PM
Me and my big mouth
I could've saved myself a really torturous radio restoration which 54C are known for 
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
06-25-2016, 05:28 PM
Finally started pumicing and rotting the cabinets for the finishing touch...
I just finished the Utah speaker cabinet but I have 2 of them so I have to match the other one... I actually need to make a back for one too.... Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
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AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
06-26-2016, 07:29 PM
Work Work Work Work Work!
Buff and Buff and Buff! Glue and clamp, Strip and fill, WORK!.. I'm tired now, lol Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
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AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
06-26-2016, 07:30 PM
More shiny!
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AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
06-27-2016, 08:33 AM
Sparton 65 and Kadette 87 done!
Just need to clean the knobs and find the gold ring for around the dial on the Kadette.... Not sure I am keeping the Kadette grill cloth though... Probably not.. I tried restoring the Sparton 65 but it is dead still... Oh MIIIIKE! Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
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AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
06-27-2016, 11:05 AM
I think I recognize the one from #26
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
06-27-2016, 11:54 AM
Yup, That is one you did... And it is not working,
There is an disconnected wire that I dont know where it goes.. Shoddy workmanship.. Kids these days! 
Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
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AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
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