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cabinet top repair
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05-19-2016, 08:50 PM
The cabinet top of my Philco model 116 has flaking lacquer.Rest of set has a good finish.What suggestions can anyone share?
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05-20-2016, 01:42 AM
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.
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05-21-2016, 02:00 AM
 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?
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05-21-2016, 05:49 PM
(05-21-2016, 02:00 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?
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 Radio is model 116-121 with shouldered cabinet. The top had toning lacquer applied with no stain visible.
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05-21-2016, 05:55 PM
(05-20-2016, 01:42 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.

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  Thanks for help,I will try this approach.
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05-21-2016, 09:19 PM
(05-21-2016, 05:49 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.
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05-22-2016, 12:24 AM
(05-21-2016, 09:19 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote:  
(05-21-2016, 05:49 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!


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