[Ron Ramirez]

So I carefully sanded the drip with 400 grit sandpaper.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...18_027.jpg]

I sanded it a little more than this in an attempt to feather out the spot. Then I took the cabinet back to the detached garage and sprayed some more black on that area.

While I was at it, I found some areas of the bottom trim that I had missed, and resprayed these as well.

Afterwards, the spot where the drip was looked like this:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...18_028.jpg]

From a drip to a slight depression. I can live with that.

So I brought the cabinet back into the basement and removed the masking. Here's the result:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...18_029.jpg]

Now this cabinet looks as it was originally supposed to look.

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In case you're wondering about the escutcheon...

I removed it from the cabinet and removed the plate from the back of the escutcheon. This, along with the tiny nails which held it in place, is in a Ziploc bag with the 66B chassis.

It was just as difficult to remove the thick paint from the escutcheon as it had been to remove it from the radio cabinet itself. I decided to try something drastic while I was stripping the cabinet - I soaked the escutheon in acetone for an hour or so. This worked well and I was then able to remove the remaining residue from the grooves of the escutcheon with an old toothbrush.

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Next up: To dust off the cabinet, then add the PHILCO decal, then begin spraying clear lacquer on the cabinet. And I'd better spray that escutcheon black also before I forget.