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cabinet top repair - Up2960 - 05-19-2016

The cabinet top of my Philco model 116 has flaking lacquer.Rest of set has a good finish.What suggestions can anyone share?
Thanks Dennis

RE: cabinet top repair - Squire - 05-20-2016

I scraped the old lacquer off the top of a console once using a sharp knife. I gave the top a touch up coat of stain and sprayed it with new lacquer which I then knocked down a bit to make it match the rest of the cabinet.

RE: cabinet top repair - Arran - 05-21-2016

 A 116B or a 116X? If 116B is it the early version with the shouldered cabinet or the later version with the walnut veneer top?
Regards
Arran

RE: cabinet top repair - Up2960 - 05-21-2016

(05-21-2016, 03:00 AM)Arran Wrote:   A 116B or a 116X? If 116B is it the early version with the shouldered cabinet or the later version with the walnut veneer top?
Regards
Arran

Arran
 Radio is model 116-121 with shouldered cabinet. The top had toning lacquer applied with no stain visible.
   Regards
Dennis

RE: cabinet top repair - Up2960 - 05-21-2016

(05-20-2016, 02:42 AM)Squire Wrote:  I scraped the old lacquer off the top of a console once using a sharp knife.  I gave the top a touch up coat of stain and sprayed it with new lacquer which I then knocked down a bit to make it match the rest of the cabinet.

Squire
  Thanks for help,I will try this approach.

RE: cabinet top repair - Ron Ramirez - 05-21-2016

(05-21-2016, 06:49 PM)Up2960 Wrote:  The top had toning lacquer applied with no stain visible.

That is because Philco did not use stains on their cabinets - they used tinted lacquer to achieve the color on the wood.

RE: cabinet top repair - Squire - 05-22-2016

(05-21-2016, 10:19 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote:  
(05-21-2016, 06:49 PM)Up2960 Wrote:  The top had toning lacquer applied with no stain visible.

That is because Philco did not use stains on their cabinets - they used tinted lacquer to achieve the color on the wood.
Good point!  The one I did was a Silvertone not a Philco.  It came out pretty nice though!