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Restored 42-1008
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Thanks to Bill H. and Jerry H. I just completed my refinishing and couldn't have done it with their help. Some photos of the end product.

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#2

VERY nice. Icon_smile
#3

Beautiful! Great work.

Kind regards,
Terry
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"Life is simpler when you plow around the stump."
#4

I like it! Great job.

Terry
#5

Richard,

It turned out VERY NICE! Great job! Can you share the details on what you did?.

I'm very impressed!

Bill

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#6

My success is due to the help you and Jerry H. provided.

I disassembled the radio and cleaned the cabinet and turntable with GoJo. I couldn't believe how 64 years of grime and Pledge came off to reveal a beautiful finish. I used it on the metal and plastic parts of the turntable as well as the wood.

The buttons and knobs were cleaned with Novus plastic polish. The paper channel names in the buttons were dark with age but still in great shape. I did replace the clear plastic covers by cutting some new ones from the packaging material that almost everything is encased in these days.

The grill material needed only to be vacuumed - I didn't want to chance cleaning it as it wasn't really necessary.

I used a medium to dark oak stain on the damaged areas after stripping and sanding. I masked off the areas and used a spray laquer to finish. The satin didn't match the rest of the cabinet so I gave it a couple of coats of gloss. I didn't see the need to do the whole piece, just the stained areas. The last stage was going over everything but the newly laquered areas with Maguier's mirror glaze.

Except for needing a new cartridge, eveything works. I don't think I'll be playing any records on it even though I do have 78's.




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