11-15-2018, 12:24 PM
The cabinet for the 116B I'm working on was painted white 
I know this can be good if it helped preserved the veneer over the years; bad if its hiding something ugly and bad because it can be difficult to get all the white out of the nooks, crannies and grain.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nwjrbsqayso55r....jpg?raw=1]
The escutcheon and dial glass are in pretty good shape. A small bit of paint flaking off on the dial glass but not too bad. Unless I mess it up along the way I will reinstall it.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qnh218zzn7bi8o....jpg?raw=1]
The grill cloth will be replaced with Kenneth Richmond's chevron cloth. The one in the cabinet was both glued and stapled with 16 one-half inch staples. Guess they were afraid it was going to come loose...
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ngzpl6smhpsw7....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tns5m2ksmnsreg....jpg?raw=1]
The glued side came up but took a little of the cardboard with it. Fortunately it will all be covered with the new grill cloth and structurally its sound.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l47nigy8e3m1yo....jpg?raw=1]
I wanted to get a look at what is under the white paint so I could decide if the cabinet would be a keeper or not. I used the CitriStrip product since I'm working indoors and it got a lot of the paint off. A little odorless mineral spirit wipe took some more and the wood under the paint looks very nice. Just have to wonder what people were thinking when they painted it white. Whoever did the painting actually used some type of white primer and then a white topcoat. I think to get all the paint off I'm going to have to use a serious stripper with a small brush and do it outside. It will have to wait until spring
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zd1cgtemu367ms....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kmlyy3t4gwc8ul....jpg?raw=1]
I know this can be good if it helped preserved the veneer over the years; bad if its hiding something ugly and bad because it can be difficult to get all the white out of the nooks, crannies and grain.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nwjrbsqayso55r....jpg?raw=1]
The escutcheon and dial glass are in pretty good shape. A small bit of paint flaking off on the dial glass but not too bad. Unless I mess it up along the way I will reinstall it.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qnh218zzn7bi8o....jpg?raw=1]
The grill cloth will be replaced with Kenneth Richmond's chevron cloth. The one in the cabinet was both glued and stapled with 16 one-half inch staples. Guess they were afraid it was going to come loose...
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ngzpl6smhpsw7....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tns5m2ksmnsreg....jpg?raw=1]
The glued side came up but took a little of the cardboard with it. Fortunately it will all be covered with the new grill cloth and structurally its sound.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l47nigy8e3m1yo....jpg?raw=1]
I wanted to get a look at what is under the white paint so I could decide if the cabinet would be a keeper or not. I used the CitriStrip product since I'm working indoors and it got a lot of the paint off. A little odorless mineral spirit wipe took some more and the wood under the paint looks very nice. Just have to wonder what people were thinking when they painted it white. Whoever did the painting actually used some type of white primer and then a white topcoat. I think to get all the paint off I'm going to have to use a serious stripper with a small brush and do it outside. It will have to wait until spring
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zd1cgtemu367ms....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kmlyy3t4gwc8ul....jpg?raw=1]
