[Paul Philco322]

The clock radio from Ron sits on my 45L near the front entrance of our home. It is a looker. I knew a guy in Western Mass. who taught industrial arts in High School for many years, the wood shop guy. He was very into radio resto for a while and did beautiful cabinets. Mr. Bob Latino was also a nice fellow. He told me with a certain amount of glee once about the Iron and Damp cloth method, indicating he had great luck with it and solved many bad cabinets with it. I would say give it a try. 

If you ever would like to see pretty radios you can see some of his work...........

https://radioattic.com/all_my_sales.htm?seller=43

Resolution not too good on the master page, click on a set it gets much better. He has been quiet for ten years in the hobby and I hope he is OK. Sorry for meandering off topic. 
Paul