[TheBakery]

My apologies as I deleted my thread by mistake. Especially to Warren who was helping me out. Live and learn. I'll start over again. I just started a Philco 47-1227. I obtained it free from a Facebook friend and since I saw it I caught the vintage radio bug. There's just something about the beauty of a nicely done radio. Anyway, so far I have "goopified" the cabinet 3 times in order to remove many decades worth of cigarette nastiness. There's still some tint on the wiping towel so my guess is there's another round or two in the cards. I'm torn on whether to strip the cabinet since it's in such good shape. There's only one piece of veneer that needs to be repaired. Other than that there's just the usual scratches and bumps. I could use some advice on the next steps:

1. The veneer is super thin on the side that needs to be patched. If I understand the procedure correctly I should use a utility knife and square off the piece to be replaced then fit in a replacement piece. I've looked online and I found 1/16" and the stuff that you run an iron on to adhere to the cabinet. Not sure what I should use. Looks like medium brown veneer.

2. I'm leaning towards not stripping the cabinet. Is there something not as invasive I can do to pretty it up? Perhaps run some fine steel wool over it to rough it up a bit, use some Howard's or Old English to help with scratches then go over the entire cabinet with some clear gloss?

Here are some pictures. This is after 2 rounds of goopification.

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