[Fred Taylor]

Done with cabinet, by looking at other Waltons on internet  there are no 2 alike but I do get the general idea on what it should look like from factory, after experimenting with my toners I have come up with this very close to factory looking Walton cabinet, not to light or dark and  the shading I came up with blending the colors and 4 coats of 75% gloss level makes this a wonderful example of a high end refinish job, inside the cabinet was painted in a factory matt blue finish with 4 new gum washer chassis mounts like factory. Bottom is coated with matt black and new stainless hardware for chassis and over sized felt pads for protection of other furniture that it may be sitting on. The radio still needs work and has been test fitted to cabinet and to see how it looks in cabinet and for these pictures.   I need to find coupler to extend shaft on new volume control. The grill cloth is from radio daze and pleased with it. I do have wood nobs for this Walton except for the large tuning nob, when I find one I will install those nobs later I will post when finished. The dial is a decal that I applied but I think its to yellow, that's from tinting the bright white color in came in, I wanted it to match the yellowing from age. I may redo it?  (note ) To question before this post , when you apply grain filler on the wood it leaves a film which I remove by sanding with 240 or higher grit sandpaper, all that's left remains in the grain or pores of the wood. Then you stain and or tone , once your color is the way you want it then spray your sanding sealer. That's using Mohawk products only.