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radio cabinet refinishing

Posted by jim campelll on 07/05/2005 22:31

::okay, I was so impressed with the bakelite and Brasso clean up I learned in an email chain that I decided to pose this question regarding wood refinishing. I like big floor models and console set radios. Despite there weight and size I managed to aquire several monsters like the Majestic 92 and General Electric model 71. I mention these because they had and have respectively a dark brown- black finish that hides the wood grain. The staircase in my house had this aged varnish as well. What I do in a case like this is completely strip off the finish with a citris based stripper. Then after a few days of drying , sanding , staining, ect- (the process that takes at week or longer) I put on a clear coat. I have a few wood models though that the finish is not bad enough to strip off and I plan on using terpentine and a 000 steel wool to clean it up. Any better ideas?
:Hi Jim
: Yep! I was very impressed with the Brasso on Bakellite as well, makes the old gals look and shine like new! As Far as the wood refinishing goes, I've always taken them completely down with sanding and restaining, with a finish of semi gloss poly, however I've only done the smaller wood cabinet radios, with the big Monsters, that would take quite some time, the only problem with terpentine is it will strip them down fast, but it can cause unsightly blemishes or stains in the wood, even though it would take longer too sand them, at least in my opinion the end results would be much better in the long run, goodluck in what ever you decide.
:Mark
:thanks I will heed your warning on using terpentine. I bought some 220 sand paper to try out also.


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