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Philco 49-901 restoration
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I started off by cleaning out the cracks. The I closed them up as tight as I could and held together with tape on the outside of cabinet. Then I laid a bead of glue on the inside. Capillary action pulled the glue into the cracks. I also used baking soda which causes super glue to set up almost instantly.

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4788/4077...c1be_c.jpg]

Sprinkle a little baking soda on super glue at it sets up instantly.
[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4784/4072...85f3_c.jpg]

Something didn't look quite right in this corner and as I examined it, a piece broke off. Turns out it was an old, crude repair attempt with epoxy I think. It took a while to chip away the old glue o I could get a tight fit.
[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4784/4077...3615_c.jpg]

The edges are a little chewed up, but it is in the correct position now and glued securely in place.
[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4779/3987...6cb0_c.jpg]

I was able to get all the other cracks glue up very tightly.
[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4771/4077...3f4f_c.jpg]

Now to patch the hole and rebuild the edges.
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Messages In This Thread
Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 03-14-2018, 04:34 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 03-14-2018, 05:13 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 03-14-2018, 05:26 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 03-14-2018, 05:34 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Arran - 03-15-2018, 12:06 AM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by OldRestorer - 03-15-2018, 08:37 AM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 03-15-2018, 10:36 AM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by w4rtc - 03-15-2018, 11:23 AM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 03-15-2018, 11:37 AM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 03-15-2018, 03:08 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Arran - 03-16-2018, 09:16 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 03-25-2018, 02:51 AM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 08-14-2018, 12:19 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 12-10-2019, 05:46 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by w4rtc - 12-10-2019, 07:46 PM
RE: Philco 49-901 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 12-11-2019, 01:07 PM



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