12-05-2014, 01:33 PM
Restoring the photo finish only has a few options I'm aware of:
1) the refaux-pro you mention. Folks have commented on it in other Phorum threads, some liked it some didn't. I think that vendor is the only one making the product commercially.
2) redo the front in veneer with in-layed wood; ie. reproduce the photofinish with real wood (that take a lot more skill than I have but I've seen folks on the Phorum who have done so with remarkable results.)
3) try to touch up the existing photo finish with touch up paints. Bob Andersen did a video (that I can't find at the moment) where he used a touch up kit to make a photo finish look quite good. Phlogiston does it by making the veener look like burl or some other pattern using lacquers and brushes.
4) get a good image scan of the front of a 38-10T; print it on paper and then apply your own paper finish to the front using the techniques from Stewart Schooley found on this phorum. There are some threads in the Phorum on this as well and I used the technique for some vertical wood grain pattern on a Montgomery Ward console.
[Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5462...finish.jpg][Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5462...inish3.jpg]
Another source for the ribbed grille cloth is RadioDaze. They have several sizes. I've used this in my 39-25 and I think it looks good. [Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5462...ored_3.jpg]
Mark Oppat appears to be sold out of 38-10T dials but you could contact him anyway just to check. RadioDaze has a repro as well and there's a tuning assembly on the bay that I believe has a dial that would match.
1) the refaux-pro you mention. Folks have commented on it in other Phorum threads, some liked it some didn't. I think that vendor is the only one making the product commercially.
2) redo the front in veneer with in-layed wood; ie. reproduce the photofinish with real wood (that take a lot more skill than I have but I've seen folks on the Phorum who have done so with remarkable results.)
3) try to touch up the existing photo finish with touch up paints. Bob Andersen did a video (that I can't find at the moment) where he used a touch up kit to make a photo finish look quite good. Phlogiston does it by making the veener look like burl or some other pattern using lacquers and brushes.
4) get a good image scan of the front of a 38-10T; print it on paper and then apply your own paper finish to the front using the techniques from Stewart Schooley found on this phorum. There are some threads in the Phorum on this as well and I used the technique for some vertical wood grain pattern on a Montgomery Ward console.
[Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5462...finish.jpg][Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5462...inish3.jpg]
Another source for the ribbed grille cloth is RadioDaze. They have several sizes. I've used this in my 39-25 and I think it looks good. [Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5462...ored_3.jpg]
Mark Oppat appears to be sold out of 38-10T dials but you could contact him anyway just to check. RadioDaze has a repro as well and there's a tuning assembly on the bay that I believe has a dial that would match.
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