08-04-2015, 06:08 AM
I did a 42-380 a couple of years ago with a very similar cabinet. The cabinet was pretty toasty, but not as bad as the veneer on that one. I got it for 25 bucks I think. Bought it mainly as a practice set to learn cabinet re-finishing, veneer repair etc. Since it's a fairly common set (42-380) I figured no one would mind too much if I didn't put it back to 100% factory original. I hated the photo finish, so I took it off. Luckily the wood underneath was pretty decent. I like it, and it was valuable practice for later projects. I was able to remove the brass strip on the original faceplate, straightened it out by gently tapping on it with a small hammer, polished it and put it on the new faceplate. Looked really good. On mine, I had to liberally hose down the switches with contact cleaner and operate them repeatedly about 50 times each. They finally started working pretty well.
