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40-190 - suggestions on finishing
Beckett
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01-31-2011, 10:25 AM
I recently got a 40-190 from a friend who had this radio in the attic of his old farmhouse. As you can imagine the cabinet finish is in really rough shape with much of the photo-finish missing. The rest of the unit (chassis/speaker/antenna/etc) is in fine shape however and doesn't appear to have mice damage.

My thoughts were to not even attempt at fixing the photo-finish and to sand it down and paint it a color that would have been popular at that time while also attempting to capture some of the previous detailing in some fashion. Finally adding the reproduction labels and covering the cabinet with a coat of something to protect the new finish.

Any thoughts/suggestions on a good paint color to start with that would compliment this unit? Has anyone ever attempted this before as an alternative? I hate to scrap the cabinet as I love the design and it's actually really structurally sound.

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