01-31-2017, 05:59 PM
Man, that is a shame. Sorry to hear it. But hey, if you're there on Saturday, Mark and Sam M. should still be there, like the rest of us...until noon or thereabouts, some sooner, some later.
MuddyBoots, you should begin by (carefully) removing the glass dial cover and escutcheon. Then do as Bob and Kitk have already suggested. If the cabinet is a uniform color and only has some of the clearcoat lacquer missing, you can always spray on more coats of clear lacquer. Please use clear gloss lacquer, not polyurethane. Lacquer dries much faster, is more forgiving, easier to work with. Polyurethane can almost never be stripped while lacquer is easily stripped.
If you have some really bad places where the toner is still there but the clear is missing, to level it out you might try a careful application of clear lacquer in the affected areas with a can of brushing lacquer and a small foam brush. Apply it several times until the lacquer has built up to a point where it is even with the rest of the clear or maybe even a bit higher. Then sand it down with 400 or 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper, with the sandpaper wet to keep from clogging it. Spray a couple more coats of clear, wet sand with 1000 grit, a couple more coats and then let it cure for a couple weeks or more. Finally you can rub it out with mineral oil and rottenstone, or just skip to the final step which is a good, hard wax.
Remember to always sand with the grain, not against it.
MuddyBoots, you should begin by (carefully) removing the glass dial cover and escutcheon. Then do as Bob and Kitk have already suggested. If the cabinet is a uniform color and only has some of the clearcoat lacquer missing, you can always spray on more coats of clear lacquer. Please use clear gloss lacquer, not polyurethane. Lacquer dries much faster, is more forgiving, easier to work with. Polyurethane can almost never be stripped while lacquer is easily stripped.
If you have some really bad places where the toner is still there but the clear is missing, to level it out you might try a careful application of clear lacquer in the affected areas with a can of brushing lacquer and a small foam brush. Apply it several times until the lacquer has built up to a point where it is even with the rest of the clear or maybe even a bit higher. Then sand it down with 400 or 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper, with the sandpaper wet to keep from clogging it. Spray a couple more coats of clear, wet sand with 1000 grit, a couple more coats and then let it cure for a couple weeks or more. Finally you can rub it out with mineral oil and rottenstone, or just skip to the final step which is a good, hard wax.
Remember to always sand with the grain, not against it.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
