[Arran]

Planning to refinish a 680 cabinet. I read in this Phoroum that Philco did not use stain on their finishes. What did they use?  What shade is correct for the 680 and where can one get it? Thanks in advance. Norman

Hi;
  No they did not use stains on their finishes they used tinted lacquers. Oil stains don't really work at all on the white woods that Philco and other manufacturers used in their cabinets, wood dyes would work somewhat but you would still need to go over these area with tinted lacquer to even out the colour. Companies such as Mohawk and Deft market tinted lacquer in spray cans, but there may be others, as to what shades to use I don't own a 680 cabinet so I don't know for certain, but to me the pallet looks similar to a 116X.
Regards
Arran