[MissouriLarry]

   
Hello, I am fairly new into the hobby and still consider myself very much an amateur at this.  I am currently working on a Silvertone Model 7134.  I spent Sunday replacing the old paper caps and I have that almost finished.  I am waiting for parts to finish up the caps.  I started working on the cabinet to this old radio, knowing that it was in pretty poor shape.  Besides a couple of cracks in the cabinet, the finish was quite poor.  I spent about 2 hours cleaning it up to see if it will clean up.  While not finished yet, it is amazing how much a good cleaning can bring back the finish.  It is hard to imagine how much cigarette smoke and grimy hands this unit has seen.    The photo shows before cleaning and after.