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Philco Tropic 42-788
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Thanks, guys.

I applied a few coats of clear lacquer this evening to protect the Medium Walnut toner and the gloss black lacquer. It was very humid here this evening; when Deft blushes, you know it is humid! Icon_eek

Fortunately, Deft is very forgiving, and the blushing has already disappeared. I didn't take any more photos because the cabinet looks the same as in the previous photos.

That is going to do it for the time being. If the weather cooperates, I will install new grille cloth on the speaker mounting board this weekend. But as I said previously, I can't finish the cabinet until I get some proper decals, which means I shall have to do my best to photograph a Philco Tropic decal and crop out the wood background, leaving only the decal, as a basis for someone to make some proper decals with the correct fonts.

And with cooler weather coming soon, that means no more cabinet work this year for me.

One pair of Bozak E-300s (which took most of the summer) and one Philco Tropic 42-788...well, it's a start. Hopefully I will be able to refinish more cabinets in 2017.

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


Messages In This Thread
Philco Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 01-28-2015, 07:25 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 01-28-2015, 08:40 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by KCMike - 01-28-2015, 08:45 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by Eliot Ness - 01-28-2015, 09:08 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by Eric Adams - 01-28-2015, 09:59 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by morzh - 01-28-2015, 10:32 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by Chuck Schwark - 01-28-2015, 11:10 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 01-29-2015, 12:56 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 01-29-2015, 08:37 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 01-29-2015, 10:17 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 01-30-2015, 05:07 AM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 01-30-2015, 06:01 AM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 01-30-2015, 08:19 AM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 01-30-2015, 09:32 AM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 01-30-2015, 12:19 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-19-2016, 04:20 PM
RE: Philco Tropic 42-788 - by PhilcoJohn - 10-20-2016, 06:52 PM
Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 06-11-2015, 09:00 AM
RE: Rons Tropic - by morzh - 06-11-2015, 09:35 AM
RE: Rons Tropic - by Ron Ramirez - 06-11-2015, 12:33 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 06-11-2015, 08:27 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 06-11-2015, 08:30 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 06-11-2015, 08:36 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Fred Taylor - 06-11-2015, 08:55 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 06-13-2015, 01:48 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Arran - 06-14-2015, 03:35 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 06-14-2015, 12:30 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 06-14-2015, 07:24 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Steve Davis - 06-14-2015, 08:51 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 06-14-2015, 09:00 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 06-14-2015, 09:13 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by TA Forbes - 06-14-2015, 09:51 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 06-14-2015, 10:30 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Steve Davis - 06-14-2015, 10:36 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Fred Taylor - 06-14-2015, 11:04 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Arran - 06-15-2015, 12:08 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Steve Davis - 06-15-2015, 01:09 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 06-15-2015, 08:31 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 06-15-2015, 08:34 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 06-15-2015, 10:38 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 09-15-2015, 02:19 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-15-2015, 03:12 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 09-15-2015, 03:38 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-15-2015, 04:21 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by morzh - 09-15-2015, 04:39 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 09-16-2015, 08:24 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 09-16-2015, 11:38 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 09-16-2015, 11:46 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 09-23-2015, 11:57 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 09-23-2015, 03:50 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 09-28-2015, 11:42 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by KCMike - 09-28-2015, 05:11 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-02-2015, 11:33 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-02-2015, 09:21 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-07-2015, 10:58 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-07-2015, 11:03 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-07-2015, 04:59 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-07-2015, 06:34 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-09-2015, 11:49 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-23-2015, 10:44 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Eliot Ness - 10-23-2015, 11:05 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-23-2015, 11:44 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 04-13-2016, 06:31 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 04-13-2016, 09:20 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by morzh - 04-13-2016, 10:41 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 04-13-2016, 12:35 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 04-14-2016, 07:01 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 04-20-2016, 04:10 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 04-20-2016, 06:11 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 04-21-2016, 04:32 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 04-27-2016, 11:18 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 04-27-2016, 03:15 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 04-27-2016, 07:41 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 04-27-2016, 08:54 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by morzh - 04-27-2016, 09:33 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by sam - 04-27-2016, 10:56 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 04-29-2016, 09:55 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 04-29-2016, 11:53 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 04-30-2016, 12:50 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 05-02-2016, 11:27 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 05-11-2016, 10:19 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-09-2016, 06:18 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by morzh - 10-09-2016, 07:52 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-10-2016, 07:35 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-10-2016, 08:13 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-10-2016, 08:18 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by morzh - 10-10-2016, 09:46 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-15-2016, 03:24 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-15-2016, 03:51 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Kenneth F. Besso Jr. - 10-15-2016, 09:37 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-15-2016, 09:47 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by KCMike - 10-15-2016, 10:14 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-16-2016, 01:50 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-16-2016, 02:12 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by klondike98 - 10-16-2016, 03:03 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-17-2016, 08:27 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by OldRestorer - 10-18-2016, 06:42 AM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Kenneth F. Besso Jr. - 10-18-2016, 07:00 PM
RE: Rons Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-18-2016, 07:35 PM



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