I was applying the various tones of finish to my little Majestic TRF, and didn't like how dark the border turned out. I wanted just a bit of the grain to show through. I didn't want it to look like dark maroon paint. What I did was carefully mask off the border with strips of masking tape where I cut the edge clean on a cutting board with a straight edge (which is how I masked off the various sections in the first place--makes for very clean edges). Then I carefully wiped off the colored lacquer from the border with acetone, being careful not to let too much acetone get on the tape. While I did mask off the edges of the border so that I wouldn't wipe off any other lacquer, I did not mask off the rest of the radio. I had gone over the finish on the rest of the radio earlier with steel wool, and so it was hazy. However, once I was done with the acetone, I noticed that the hazy surfaces had become rather shiny. I didn't want to disturb the masking tape at the time, so I masked off the rest of the radio, and then applied new lacquer to the border (which turned out really nice, by the way). Then, once I was all done, I lifted all of the masking. I noticed that all of the surfaces that were left exposed during the acetone process were much glossier than those protected under the tape. The acetone vapors must have softened the lacquer just enough to lay it down! This led me to wonder what would happen if a radio was placed in a large sealed container with a dish of acetone. I haven't tried it yet, though. It could be rather interesting. It might be a way to get a nice glossy finish, though new finishes often are glossy anyway. Perhaps it could be used to bring shine back to an old finish? I will have to give it a try and see what I get. It would be nice if acetone vapors might help lay down a surface with slight orange peel.
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marv
:Here's something interesting for you to try. I was going to try it myself, but haven't been able to get around to it yet.
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:I was applying the various tones of finish to my little Majestic TRF, and didn't like how dark the border turned out. I wanted just a bit of the grain to show through. I didn't want it to look like dark maroon paint. What I did was carefully mask off the border with strips of masking tape where I cut the edge clean on a cutting board with a straight edge (which is how I masked off the various sections in the first place--makes for very clean edges). Then I carefully wiped off the colored lacquer from the border with acetone, being careful not to let too much acetone get on the tape. While I did mask off the edges of the border so that I wouldn't wipe off any other lacquer, I did not mask off the rest of the radio. I had gone over the finish on the rest of the radio earlier with steel wool, and so it was hazy. However, once I was done with the acetone, I noticed that the hazy surfaces had become rather shiny. I didn't want to disturb the masking tape at the time, so I masked off the rest of the radio, and then applied new lacquer to the border (which turned out really nice, by the way). Then, once I was all done, I lifted all of the masking. I noticed that all of the surfaces that were left exposed during the acetone process were much glossier than those protected under the tape. The acetone vapors must have softened the lacquer just enough to lay it down! This led me to wonder what would happen if a radio was placed in a large sealed container with a dish of acetone. I haven't tried it yet, though. It could be rather interesting. It might be a way to get a nice glossy finish, though new finishes often are glossy anyway. Perhaps it could be used to bring shine back to an old finish? I will have to give it a try and see what I get. It would be nice if acetone vapors might help lay down a surface with slight orange peel.
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:T.
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T.
:Normally you can't reply if you don't fill in the name box. I'm surprised that you could. I can't read what you wrote, though, because when I click on the blank space, nothing happens.
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:T.