[Ron Ramirez]

Saturday, October 23.

SUCCESS!

I went to a local hardware store and found one can of naptha. Yes, literally the last can they had on the shelf. I was running out of clear Deft also, so I needed more clear lacquer. I decided to take a chance on a brand I had never heard of - Premium Decor.

Armed with these products, I took the cabinet back out to the garage, along with the naptha and an old rag.

I was amazed - the naptha easily removed the residue! See the following two photos and compare them to the two photos above which show the residue.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_028.jpg]

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_029.jpg]

Boy, was I relieved!

I did notice that the tape actually ate into the lacquer in a few spots. So after cleaning with naptha, I carefully went over the entire cabinet with 0000 steel wool, after which I went over the entire cabinet with a rag to get rid of all of the steel wool residue.

Before I began to spray the cabinet with the new clear Premium lacquer, I conducted a test on a piece of scrap wood. I sprayed some Mohawk Medium Walnut on the wood, let it dry a while, then sprayed a little Premium clear lacquer on it. All seemed well.

So...I began to spray the cabinet body with Premium clear lacquer.

I gave it three coats and declared it finished.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_030.jpg]

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...44_031.jpg]

Prior to spraying the final coats of lacquer on the cabinet body, I applied a PHILCO decal to the front panel, after which I sprayed two more coats of clear Deft.

I'll post a photo of the finished panel later, along with the complete cabinet once I reassemble it.

According to the latest weather forecast for this area, the rain is supposed to start tomorrow and continue through Thursday; and then the high on Friday is only supposed to be 58. So, I am glad that job is complete! And, quite possibly, just in time before the temperatures start going down, also.