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48-482 Wood type? - Eric Adams - 11-05-2012
I've started on a 48-482. It's not too bad but I'm going to strip and refinish it. My question is what type of wood is used? In other words, what shade of stain should I use?
Thanks,
Eric
RE: 48-482 Wood type? - LASJayhawk - 11-06-2012
I would go with a light or medium walnut on the main part of the box, the faceplate is darker on all mine
RE: 48-482 Wood type? - Eric Adams - 11-06-2012
John,
Sounds great. I'm going to go with medium walnut. I got lucky with the faceplate. It cleaned up with some Goop hand cleaner. I even got new decals.
Thanks for the help,
Eric
RE: 48-482 Wood type? - klondike98 - 07-16-2013
Eric, how did you take the old decals off? Mine are intact but have become rather dark. I'm cleaning the faceplate (which is photofinish I believe) with GOJO and its coming clean but I don't want to get too aggressive to get the decals off.
RE: 48-482 Wood type? - Phlogiston - 07-16-2013
It is not Photofinish.
Some of them show the natural grain. Some of them have a burl effect painted on under the toner and top coat.
RE: 48-482 Wood type? - Eric Adams - 07-16-2013
I ended up refinishing the faceplate so the decals were not an issue. Normally I use 0000 steel wool very lightly on the old decals to remove them.
RE: 48-482 Wood type? - klondike98 - 07-16-2013
OK thanks. That's what I did on the 42-322 I did but the decals were not on photo finish. Maybe they'll come off ok, if not I'll refinish it.
RE: 48-482 Wood type? - Eric Adams - 07-16-2013
Don't worry, Bob. It's not photo finish. I used a dark walnut stain.
RE: 48-482 Wood type? - klondike98 - 07-16-2013
Oh... OK. It fooled me. Have to take a closer look tomorrow.