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20th Aug 2007, 10:43 pm | #1 |
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TV24 - Varnish or Lacquer?
Hello,
This is for a bush TV24, the cabinet is pretty shocking, the woodworm have had a field day and it got scratched to hell in a recent house move. So when I sand down and start afresh should I use varnish or lacquer. This is my first telly, a serendipitous find. I'm not going for 100% authenticity but want to use it as my workshop telly! Cheers Dom |
20th Aug 2007, 11:14 pm | #2 |
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Re: TV24 - Varnish or Lacquer?
In that case i would advise Danish oil put on with a cloth , several layers ,and then maybe wax polish put on sparingly with 0000 grade wire wool and polished .after all the hard work of preparing the cabinet . TRY to do agood job though its always worth the effort
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21st Aug 2007, 1:08 am | #3 |
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Re: TV24 - Varnish or Lacquer?
I might try that as a starter, would that be straight on with the danish oil to sanded down wood. Would that be "reversible" or does the danish oil soak into the wood?
I have tried out car lacquer on an ruined Pye P76F, which looks good (from a distance a couple of runs on the side). I'm just not sure what the best match to original would be. Cheers Dom |
25th Aug 2007, 11:29 am | #4 |
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Re: TV24 - Varnish or Lacquer?
I think danish oil with a cloth is probably your best bet ,its sands back easily too ,doing it with a cloth makes it slower and the layers are thinner , but it makes it more fool proof , u can put a layer on carefully with a brush , but it may show up if you are not familier withdoing the job , but again its reasonably easy to sand back . just make sure all sanding pre and during the process is with the grain only .
spraying laquer ,if thats what you used again is ok once you master the teqnke of doing it . but mistakes are probably harder to correct |