[John Bartley]

You are probably right Arran. As I stripped it, there was no toner lacquer that I could see on the sides or trim so whoever painted it not only primed it but they must have stripped the old lacquer off as well.

It's almost too bad that they might have stripped it first. Very often when a radio is painted over the lacquer, stripping the paint will leave a finish that is more easily worked with. I hope you don't have trouble getting paint specks out of the grain. It's a classy looking tombstone.