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Varnishes for radio cabinets ... What types?
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09-06-2020, 02:37 PM
There are others here who will provide you with expert knowledge in lacquers/varnishes.
All I could say that there are still those "cowboy furniture restorers" that will take an old radio and polyurethane it. Then when they sell a radio to a person who wants to really do justice to the cabinet, that person will have to spend time and effort removing the polyurethane finish off of the cabinet. It is an extremely stubborn substance and is not removed easily.
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