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03-05-2013, 08:03 PM

Well I'm not recommending spraying it high gloss and just leaving it, use high gloss, let the lacquer cure for a week or more, and then rub it out with pumice and then rottenstone. This will give it a burnished look which is between gloss and semi gloss, it makes it look like the set has a well kept original finish. I could never understand the appeal of a satin finish on an old radio cabinet, it just looks wrong, it's also softer and scratches more easily. I have a G.E K-83 cathedral radio that someone refinished with a satin lacquer, which is scratched and chipped in place for the reasons I mention, and it just does not look right, it also doesn't help that they got the shade of toner wrong.
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116X Finish - by ipwizard - 03-04-2013, 10:45 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Arran - 03-05-2013, 03:24 AM

RE: 116X Finish - by ipwizard - 03-05-2013, 03:43 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Ron Ramirez - 03-05-2013, 05:54 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Phlogiston - 03-05-2013, 06:21 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Arran - 03-05-2013, 08:03 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by ipwizard - 03-05-2013, 08:14 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Phlogiston - 03-05-2013, 10:30 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Ron Ramirez - 03-06-2013, 08:57 AM

RE: 116X Finish - by Phlogiston - 03-06-2013, 11:33 AM

RE: 116X Finish - by Chuck Schwark - 03-06-2013, 04:10 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Ron Ramirez - 03-07-2013, 05:26 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Phlogiston - 03-08-2013, 01:42 AM

RE: 116X Finish - by Phlogiston - 03-08-2013, 01:51 AM

RE: 116X Finish - by ipwizard - 03-14-2013, 03:37 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by ipwizard - 03-14-2013, 03:54 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Phlogiston - 03-14-2013, 04:28 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Arran - 03-14-2013, 06:47 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by ipwizard - 03-22-2013, 04:29 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Ron Ramirez - 03-22-2013, 04:46 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by ipwizard - 03-22-2013, 08:25 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Ron Ramirez - 03-22-2013, 08:38 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Phlogiston - 03-22-2013, 09:12 PM

RE: 116X Finish - by Arran - 04-01-2013, 02:30 AM

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