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What is recommende to use on audio cabinets. Not the speaker but the stereo case. It looks like walnut and is a marantz 2252b.
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Use Murphy's Oil Soap for first cleaning. Wipe down thoroughly. Then get a pile of clean, soft rags and start wiping it down with Naptha. Be sure and wear plastic/latex gloves. Keep doing this until the cloth comes off clean. Now all the old wax, polish, dirt, etc is gone.Now take boiled linseed oil (my choice), or oil of choice, and apply with a 0000 steel wool working with the grain. Don't scrub, just gently and firmly rub it in. Apply it liberally, but be on constant alert for runs, which should be promptly removed. Let soak 15 minutes, then wipe off excess with clean, dry cloth. Repeat the wipe off process several times until there are no pools or wet spots. You can apply a second coat if you want, but it's really not required. Let it harden for a few days, then buff it out with clean, dry cloth.
The look of hand oiled walnut can not be beat.
Unsurpassed for finishing and restoring walnut. I've been using it since the '70's. Used by CWD on their cabinets back in the day.
Wipe it on, let it penetrate and then wipe off excess. Dries to a hard satin sheen.
Home Depot, Lowes, Woodworker's Warehouse.
If the finish is in decent shape, perhaps just tired looking, and what you want to do is liven things up a bit, then the right thing to do is run 0000 steel wool dipped in Howard's Restore A Finish walnut refinisher. When you are done, it will look great. Following up with the Feed and Wax a day after you are done is optional, in my opinion, but it does richen and give depth to the finish.
BLO is good, as is 100% tung oil. I've had good results with both, although the BLO stinks, and the tung oil isn't exactly pleasant smelling.So, I like to use Howard's Feed-N-Wax. It's orange oil and beeswax. Smells great, and does a great job.
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Least invasive...try a little oLd English scratch coat furniture polish designed for dark furniture. YOu may need to redo this every six months or so.Slightly more invasive
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a coat of Min-Wax Tung oil based Wood Sheen in Walnut right over the existing finish. This is a gel-like material Apply with soft cloth. Rub out excess with palm of hand. If you need to darken further apply another coat 24 hours later. I did an entire Grand Piano at Church with this stuff--with rave results, not to mention my 1977 dark kitchen cabinets. It restores the original finish/look without having to remove the old finish...The finish will still have the indentationss scratches etc accumulated over time, but the finish will look freshened. You will get a kind of old/new look.
Keep in mind that you really dont want a 35 year old receiver to look like it was just purchased (any more than you would want a 60 year old woman to look like a 23 year-old!)
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I use a mixture of 2/3 boiled linseed oil and 1/3 turpentine.
You can wet sand with this mixture (320 or 600 grit), or use with fine / extra fine steel wool. The final coats are done with no abrasive -- let soak for 1/2 hour and wipe off with soft cloth.
Same treatment for the amplifier case as you would use with speakers, Charles. Both are veneer, with perhaps solid trim. Furnature oil or polish are avalable at a local supermarket. Your Mom or an Aunt or the older lady next door or co-worker could advise per taking care of fine furnature.
I build furniture as a hobby. But the finishing I do is from scratch (a bad work in finishing). I have learned that cleaning old wood could be tricky.
There is a product called "de-solve-it" that does a pretty good job of cleaning crud w/o harming the finish underneath. Last time I checked, LOwes carried it. Hmmm. Their Web site says Wal-Mart has it.
http://www.de-solv-it.com/household/index.html
Actually I used this on the Grand Piano before the WEood Sheen went on.Its citrus/lemon oil based--not like a water based cleaner. I apply with 0000 steel wool.
Otherwise try any lemon-oil based furniture cleaner.David
to get it clean then a periodic wipe down with lemon oil to keep the wood from drying out.
Murphy's kill's ants fast. Won't keep more from coming, but the cleanup is easy!
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