08-21-2009, 11:56 PM
I've been delayed making a hood over my 75-gallon aquarium. I've got two panels an artist will fill in some artwork. There's black spray painted cardboard in place now and it actually doesn't look all that bad.
After serious consideration I decided to repair the top of the radio rather than pulling off all of the veneer. As it turns out most of the problems were near the edge so the fix wasn't difficult. I patched two spots with some old walnut veneer scraps and injected glue into all of the bubbled up spots and loose edges. I'll do what I can to get the color right but it may be that old shellac in the pores of the old veneer that wasn't removed when I stripped to top with ethanol has darkened the walnut. I may put some on scraps of the patch and see if that will help.
Got all of my caps today and plenty of wire to replace the old, cracked plastic wire in the set. I also got decals from Radio Daze so I don't have to worry so much about losing the originals.
Not sure where to start. Anyone have a favorite place in the circuit?
After serious consideration I decided to repair the top of the radio rather than pulling off all of the veneer. As it turns out most of the problems were near the edge so the fix wasn't difficult. I patched two spots with some old walnut veneer scraps and injected glue into all of the bubbled up spots and loose edges. I'll do what I can to get the color right but it may be that old shellac in the pores of the old veneer that wasn't removed when I stripped to top with ethanol has darkened the walnut. I may put some on scraps of the patch and see if that will help.
Got all of my caps today and plenty of wire to replace the old, cracked plastic wire in the set. I also got decals from Radio Daze so I don't have to worry so much about losing the originals.
Not sure where to start. Anyone have a favorite place in the circuit?
