08-10-2018, 03:50 PM
+1 Ron,
I did the same thing several yrs ago. Used some water based pigments to color it wasn't pretty! I think the only thing I would consider natural filler is a blond cabinet. Come to think of maybe it would work to filler in light colored lettering on bakelite, got a qt of it that I'll probably never use.
I get my supplies from :https://www.westlunddistributing.com/touch-up-finish/finishing.html
Seems like the prices are good but their online catalog is awful, doing just abot any search brings up everything they sell. I will look up the idem # in a Mohawk catalog and then plug it into the Westlund search.
Sandpaper can added up cost wise too. For 3M wet/dry is abt $1 a sheet. Grits that work well in my hands are 320 or 400 and 600. Sometimes a good deal can be had on epay, recently I got 50 sheets for $28 free shipping. Make sure about the sizes some seller are selling 1/2 sheets or smaller. Full sheet is 8 1/2x 11" or so. A rubber sanding block is a good thing to have too to get a nice flat surface.
I did the same thing several yrs ago. Used some water based pigments to color it wasn't pretty! I think the only thing I would consider natural filler is a blond cabinet. Come to think of maybe it would work to filler in light colored lettering on bakelite, got a qt of it that I'll probably never use.
I get my supplies from :https://www.westlunddistributing.com/touch-up-finish/finishing.html
Seems like the prices are good but their online catalog is awful, doing just abot any search brings up everything they sell. I will look up the idem # in a Mohawk catalog and then plug it into the Westlund search.
Sandpaper can added up cost wise too. For 3M wet/dry is abt $1 a sheet. Grits that work well in my hands are 320 or 400 and 600. Sometimes a good deal can be had on epay, recently I got 50 sheets for $28 free shipping. Make sure about the sizes some seller are selling 1/2 sheets or smaller. Full sheet is 8 1/2x 11" or so. A rubber sanding block is a good thing to have too to get a nice flat surface.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
