12-24-2012, 08:52 AM
I have a 40-190 that doesn't need refinishing, but the ripped cloth needs replacing. So, reviewing my limited choices and looking at my original, I've noticed something that we've all seen: the cloth fades. And it fades tremendously. If one keeps an original cloth, the appearance of the console is vastly different than when new, correct? Looking in the gallery and at the one in RA, http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=2036, the gold cloth matches mine. But when I look at the part of the cloth hidden from light and air, it is very brown! Just like this eBay example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Antique...19d79b9c8f
So, my question is this: If I buy a cloth from the internet or a fabric store, to be as original as possible, I'd want brown as opposed to gold, correct?
My wife and I are looking at my original again. It's still on the cardboard. The darkness isn't the glue bleeding thru, because the whole piece is glued down. But on the edges, where it's tightest to the wood, it's very dark. Where the vertical wood strips of the grill make dark shadow marks, the darkness is only 1/3 in value. Because it's not touching the wood as hard? So maybe the cloth is gold and the darkness is tannins in wood reacting to the cloth? Opinions?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Antique...19d79b9c8f
So, my question is this: If I buy a cloth from the internet or a fabric store, to be as original as possible, I'd want brown as opposed to gold, correct?
My wife and I are looking at my original again. It's still on the cardboard. The darkness isn't the glue bleeding thru, because the whole piece is glued down. But on the edges, where it's tightest to the wood, it's very dark. Where the vertical wood strips of the grill make dark shadow marks, the darkness is only 1/3 in value. Because it's not touching the wood as hard? So maybe the cloth is gold and the darkness is tannins in wood reacting to the cloth? Opinions?
