I'm not entirely sure what material Philco used for the faux finishes on it's cabinets in 1937-38, the later ones, like the used on the 46-1201, was a sort of paint based decal. Most of the other faux wood grain finishes I have seen seem to be a paint based decal like the 1201s, I've always thought it was the same stuff they used on the dashboards of 1940s cars. The ones that were not decals seem to have been hand painted like the zebrano grained bottom rail on that Deforest Crosley Wales cabinet on the other radios forum.
Regards
Arran
(This post was last modified: 06-10-2014, 10:27 PM by Arran.)
Kurt, when using the self-adhesive Flexwood they tell you that you must have a finish of some sort applied because it is not intended to adhere to bare wood. Maybe that applies here?
If anybody is talking with this fellow, maybe you can get him to print on water-slide paper. That placed on a sealed wood surface seems to work well under lacquer.
I have some of the water-slide paper but my printer does not print dark enough to use over the top of a dark surface. Over white, it would be fine.
I've never had a problem with water-slide or even regular paper printed with Photo-Finish coming up, and I have used it on several 1941 Zeniths.
Before placing the decals he covers the bare wood with gloss lacquer which allows you to move the decal around a bit and make sure it's exactly where you want it to be.
Another option is to use Micro-Sol and Micro-Set solutions. These are specifically made for setting decals.
Hard to tell how thick the decal paper is but at least it appears to work well in his videos. I hope so since I just ordered a kit for my Zenith 6-S-321.
Regardless, I'm glad there is someone out there catering to the photofinish problems that can come up and I'm willing to give it a shot.
- Geoff
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2014, 08:42 PM by Geoff.)
