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cabinet refinish cost?
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^^touched on a couple of points and I can add what I observe on the subject.
Most of us collectors appreciate and often do complete "all the steps" cabinet restorations on our own cabinets.
Chances are well never get our time ($) back when we do them....and probably explains why we often prefer "good+ original" finishes on what we buy.
What I observe on venues like Ebay are refinished table  radios that have been "refinished light" often without any toners and usually no grainfilling.  Im thinking of at least two active sellers that generally sell about 4 or 5 radios every 10 days.  There seems to be a market for that sort of refinish.  If I had to guess at the time value?  Might be 100-125 or so depending on size/complexity.  Just a thought.  Sure we all like to do the full boat restorations/refinishes yet at the same time we like to feed our families.  Maybe there is room to offer "clean up specials" to customers that simply aren't interested in paying the freight on a common table set.
And no way am I suggesting I like cutting corners with my sets ...just as a practical matter I can understand
consumers that just want a clean redone example and don't want to pay huge $

Fred. You know what Im getting at. Get em in the door with a "clean up special $$" and go from there. Then its a sales/education job.


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cabinet refinish cost? - by Fred Taylor - 04-30-2015, 02:31 PM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by Phlogiston - 04-30-2015, 02:59 PM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by Fred Taylor - 04-30-2015, 04:18 PM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by klondike98 - 04-30-2015, 06:26 PM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by Arran - 04-30-2015, 11:03 PM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by Fred Taylor - 05-01-2015, 12:21 AM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by GarySP - 05-01-2015, 11:05 AM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by OldRestorer - 05-01-2015, 11:53 AM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by Fred Taylor - 05-01-2015, 12:07 PM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by Arran - 05-02-2015, 12:33 AM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by JimZ - 05-02-2015, 10:07 AM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by Fred Taylor - 05-02-2015, 11:35 AM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by codefox1 - 05-02-2015, 06:47 PM
RE: cabinet refinish cost? - by JimZ - 05-04-2015, 08:26 AM



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