09-14-2013, 04:30 PM
Ok change of plans. I took a good look at the cabinet today and I wasn't happy. The wood on this cabinet dried out at one time, and the grain is really expanded and deeper than I thought. The picture is a close up of the wood, so I hope you can see what I see. If I were to spray clear on this, it would look like an old radio that got refinished. That's not my goal. My goal is to bring it back to as close to what it was in 1939 as I can.
If I were going to keep this radio, I would probably just clear it and forget about it. I'm not keeping it, and I want it to be really nice for it's new owner, so we are going to fill that grain....
Normally, I would grain fill before I sprayed any toner, but it's too late now. Lacquer is very forgiving and it really doesn't make a difference, so let's get started..
The artist formerly known as Puhpow! 8)
