[Geoff]

I didn’t get a whole lot done on the cabinet over the weekend. Too many things on the honey-do list. I went ahead and removed the tape and newspaper and here is what I have. These were taken in the kitchen when it was dark outside.

With Flash:

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No Flash:

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With Flash:

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No Flash:

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Here is a set of photos I took in the morning when there was good lighting from the sun inside the room:

With Flash:

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No Flash:

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In general, I would say that the cabinet mostly resembles the ones that were taken without a flash in the kitchen. The front came out MUCH darker than I had expected and I’m not too happy with it. Aaron suggested hitting the front with #0000 steel wool as this may lighten it a bit. I’ll give this a try but if I am not happy with the results I’m going to strip the front and use a different color.

I’ve got a physical copy of the Mohawk color chart that I got from the distributor and was thinking about Perfect Brown (M100-0249) or Universal Walnut (M100-7021). Does anyone have any photos of radios they have refinished using either of these two colors? If so, please post them so I can get an idea of what they look like.

On a good note, I’m happy with the color of the top and sides. These areas still require another coat or two since there are areas that aren’t completely covered. I talked about that in my post above. You can’t see those areas in the above photos but they are there.

- Geoff