[auplater]

Very nice restoration indeed! Keeping orig lacquer finishes "simple" as possible is a very good thing! Otherwise, get ready to set-up a very expensive spray booth with proper ventilation, and use the orig slow method of building up layer after layer of good quality nitro-cellulose clear lacquers instead. That cabinet looks GREAT!! Now, why all the fuss on replating the tube-shields & chassis? Stude, Im not sure, but I agree with you! A good ol careful spray paint job on chassis & tube shields works for me also. I havent retired yet or have the spare time to re-plate a vintage chassis. Im not opposed to it though either! No dis-respect intended at all Auplater!! Your doing a Fantastic job on your Philco indeed! But why, go to the trouble of actually replating a chassis, & tube shields that no one else will see unless you face the front of that beautiful cabinet to the "wall"? I guess if I had the plating equip, I would do the same? Not sure though. Perhaps Im not as motivated as others as I should be in restoring to total "perfection"? My aim is to do 150% restoration under-the-chassis electronic restorations instead. I am guilty of having MANY of my wifes preferred vintage 1930s-40s Arvin, Kent, etc (noblitt sparks) metal midget sets re-Chromed. They look Great after replating! I can understand if someone has the equip & supplies, expertise on hand, go for it!! Great job Auplater!! Thanks for sharing photos!! Enjoy your Philco!! Keep up the Great work always!!

Thanks for the kind words...

I'm not gonna plate the chasis... too much work... plus it's in pretty good shape as is... at most I'll brush plate the rust spots with zinc to match the original look after final cleanup.

The tube shields? Well.... my plating opn. was reaching what I term "critical mess", I traded some brass plating on hardware for cherry and walnut lumber from a guy down the street, I had to rejuvenate the moribund plating processes anyway... you get the picture.

Actually, once the opn. is up and running, plating isn't much harder than painting, and the price was right

Now.. on to re-capping the chasis.... and replacing frayed wires...

John L.

John L.