10-07-2014, 10:29 PM
Well Photo Phinish is always a problem, especially if you are the 2nd or 3rd "restorer" to own a radio. Seems someone has usually managed to strip off the fake finish leaving a pretty much worthless cabinet.
I have used the Faux Faux approach:
Which is real veneer, so it's fake - faux.
This morning I was reaching the bottom of a pile of radios I acquired from an accumulator. Most had just been piled, but unfortunately, this one had been stripped. So after looking at the picture on Radio Attic:
http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=2669
I was just about to make firewood of the cabinet and use the chassis for parts. But, at the last moment I decided to re-faux instead. I have done this quite a few times. Mostly, the results seem to be OK, but I usually just pass since "custom" radios are not my thing.
Well anyway, here it is. After going to the work of fauxing the dial area I didn't feel like painting it black. So that is a little different, assuming the one on RA is actually original.
It still needs a few more coats.
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It probably would not have given off much heat as firewood anyway.
I have used the Faux Faux approach:
Which is real veneer, so it's fake - faux.
This morning I was reaching the bottom of a pile of radios I acquired from an accumulator. Most had just been piled, but unfortunately, this one had been stripped. So after looking at the picture on Radio Attic:
http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=2669
I was just about to make firewood of the cabinet and use the chassis for parts. But, at the last moment I decided to re-faux instead. I have done this quite a few times. Mostly, the results seem to be OK, but I usually just pass since "custom" radios are not my thing.
Well anyway, here it is. After going to the work of fauxing the dial area I didn't feel like painting it black. So that is a little different, assuming the one on RA is actually original.
It still needs a few more coats.
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[attachment=5691]
[attachment=5692]
It probably would not have given off much heat as firewood anyway.
