[EdHolland]

After a busy morning of "Honey - do" items, I got back to this RCA, its time to look again at the cabinet. First up was to make an impression on the shellac "washover" that was applied by my arch enemy "restorer". That was taken of quite easily, first by wiping over an area with denatured alcohol, then going over it with a plastic kitchen "scourer". This removed the stuff pretty well, and was safe to the underlying finish and "photo finish" cross banding details.

Next, to deal with the problem area on one side, where the original finish has flaked away. More working with alcohol on a cloth helped to rework this, and blend it in. I don't want to strip the whole thing, thanks to the photo-finish. I think this will smooth out and rework/rebuild OK with time and care.

To get into all the nooks and crannies around the bars in front of the grillecloth, I removed the speaker mounting board. This is definitely a cost cut construction. The speaker mounts to a board ~ half the height of the grillecloth, with the cloth itself applied to a piece of cardboard. This is obviously original, as it is coated with the silver paint applied everywhere on the inside of the cabinet.

Anyway, things are starting to look better