started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230

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started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230

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09-03-2012, 07:28 PM

Mars,
I would get some old fashioned paint and varnish remover, paint it over the entire cabinet, and let it sit for five to ten minutes so it has a chance to soak in and do it's job. Then I would scrape it off with putty knife, reapply, then scrub with a stiff brush, nylon scouring pad, or more steel wool. Then I would wash the cabinet down with lacquer thinner and steel wool.
That wooden escutcheon around the dial was finished with some sort of shading lacquer or tone spray, it looks like some cheap blond wood underneath. Perhaps the other solid wood portions of the cabinet were finished the same way like the speaker grill, maybe not the same shade though. I wonder about the shoulders on the top of this cabinet though, if it has been messed with did they once have veneer on them? You really need a photo of an original unmolested cabinet to show what was what.
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started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-02-2012, 08:39 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-03-2012, 01:03 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Arran - 09-03-2012, 07:28 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-03-2012, 11:47 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-04-2012, 08:56 AM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-04-2012, 09:29 AM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-04-2012, 09:39 AM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-04-2012, 10:33 AM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Arran - 09-04-2012, 04:51 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-04-2012, 07:12 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Steve Davis - 09-04-2012, 08:30 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-05-2012, 09:42 AM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Steve Davis - 09-05-2012, 12:22 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-05-2012, 02:30 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-07-2012, 09:28 AM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Bob Andersen - 09-07-2012, 05:59 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-07-2012, 08:52 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-07-2012, 09:05 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Arran - 09-07-2012, 11:41 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-08-2012, 09:28 AM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-08-2012, 10:03 AM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-08-2012, 02:22 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 09-09-2012, 06:45 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 10-21-2012, 03:54 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 10-21-2012, 07:21 PM

RE: started (at last) to refinish my 47-1230 - by Marsupial - 10-21-2012, 08:14 PM

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