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Ron's Cabinet Work for the 2018 Season
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Arran - thanks. However, with my luck I would probably shave off all of the lacquer and part of the bare wood as well. I've been thinking about it, and on the RCA 6T2 I think I am going to try a combination of very light wet sanding and a few spritzes of Mohawk's Blender Flow-Out, which is supposed to help flow out lacquer (I happen to have a can of that on hand). Barring that I could get one of those fill-it-yourself spray cans from Home Depot, fill it with lacquer thinner, and spritz a little on the trouble areas (with the cabinet lying on its back, of course). I've read previously that this is something some refinishers do when they get an orange peeled surface; spritzing lacquer thinner from a spray can supposedly smooths out the finish - again, when the surface is horizontal so the lacquer can't run.

On the Philco 66B, I will follow a similar course of light wet sanding, followed by spraying some Medium Walnut in a spray can lid and applying it with a brush to the bare spots, wait a day or two, then spritz that area with Blender Flow-Out.

I'm cautiously optimistic at this point that I can salvage both cabinet jobs and that they will turn out OK.

And Ed - thank you as well. Icon_thumbup I'm not going to do anything else to the 6T2 or 66B cabinets until this weekend at the earliest.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


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RE: Ron's Cabinet Work for the 2018 Season - by Ron Ramirez - 09-04-2018, 09:53 PM



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