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My first set: Philco 40-180
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I would say yes; Goop & Gojo are basically the same kind of hand cleaner. Look for the kind WITHOUT pumice, as you just want to dissolve the dirt and grime on the cabinet. As for the decals, if you won't be stripping the cabinet, yes you could just put the new decals over the old one's. Since Radio Daze fixed them, they should be an exact match. I've done that to some of my sets. Now to preserve them from flaking off you will want to spray some clear coat over them. Just a very light coat over the decal area should do it.

Personally, and others may disagree, I wouldn't let the cracking finish in the first image necessitate stripping down to the bare wood. That's where the Minwax trick I mentioned previously has worked well for me in the past... it fills in those cracks with a stain again. It's a big job stripping and refinishing a console radio cabinet, no doubt about it, and I only like to do it if the finish on the cabinet is so far gone that it's the only solution. That would mean deep gouges, deep scratches, missing patches of veneer, badly worn areas of the cabinet, etc. From what I see on your set, it's far from that bad. But, as I said, others may disagree. But regardless of who says what, it all boils down to personal preference. Can you live with a bit of age-related patina, or do you want it to look pristine and (even better than) factory new? Many, myself included, prefer to try to salvage an original finish if at all possible. Others believe in stripping it all and starting from scratch. There is no right or wrong answer.

Greg V.
West Bend, WI
Member WARCI.org


Messages In This Thread
My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-22-2013, 04:03 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by codefox1 - 08-22-2013, 06:19 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by Jamie - 08-22-2013, 07:25 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-22-2013, 09:13 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-22-2013, 09:36 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by Arran - 08-23-2013, 12:22 AM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-23-2013, 10:10 AM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-23-2013, 05:26 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by Jamie - 08-23-2013, 07:18 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 08-23-2013, 07:29 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-23-2013, 09:49 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-24-2013, 05:55 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-24-2013, 07:56 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by codefox1 - 08-25-2013, 04:03 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-25-2013, 08:59 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-26-2013, 01:56 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-26-2013, 07:09 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-26-2013, 07:34 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by Jamie - 08-26-2013, 08:12 PM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-27-2013, 09:58 AM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 08-29-2013, 11:24 AM
RE: My first set: Philco 40-180 - by EricS - 09-03-2013, 04:41 PM



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