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In Reply to: RE: OK time for the expert, haha! posted by gkargreen on November 06, 2014 at 13:17:40
That's REAL tung oil. The stuff you get at Home Depot and Lowes is actually rubbing varnish. Basically Varnish thinned out so you can rub it on, or brush it on with a brush and then wipe off the excess with a paper towel before it dries.. Avoids a lot of brush marks.
Just get some and try it on a piece of scrap wood.
Put on a lite coat and wipe off the excess with a paper towel. After it let it dry for a day then use 400 grit paper to gently rub off the bumps. Clean and repeat four or five coats or until you get the finish you like.
Just go try it before you mess up the radio.
If you have questions email me. I build furniture!!!! So I'm a little aware of how to finish stuff.
charles
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well, that is not how these old radios were finished, spray lacquer was what was used, and moving to something different will not give you an original look, but usually something worse. You also have the problem of trying to stain the boxwood, that just doesn't work well, covering that boxwood with a toning lacquer is really the way to go, I know because I have finished a number of these old radios for around 20 years, so I am not ignorant of how the process works, and have seen many old radios where other finishing method were used and it just detracts from the look...
So the original lacquer finish seems to be out.
charles
http://woodworker.com/gloss-black-jet-spray---lacquers-mssu-851-078.asp?search=spray%20lacquers&searchmode=2
The lacquer isn't banned, it was the VOC solvents. Since 2007 they have been trying to find the best match of non ozone destroying solvents. They have has some luck with a few combos, but you don't get that original Lacquer finish you used to.
Both acetone and Oxol 100, two solvents that work as lacquer thinners allowing formulators to make legal solvent based lacquer using only those two solvents. However they are STILL trying new solvent mixtures like alcohol. Though so far it has not been.
SO to your reply - both yes AND no.
charle
I see you are a scotch drinker, have you tried Laphroaig? A scotch drinking friend of mine turned me on to it, tasty!
So do you need am air compressor and a paint gun? Actually, you can get this fairly inexpensively at Harbor Freight. I would imagine you would need to practice a while to get a good result.
Dave
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