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8th Dec 2018, 10:45 pm | #1 |
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Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
Cabinet restoration is completely outside my skill set and so I had my A40C cabinet restored professionally by James Oughton in Grantham.
BEFORE....Pictures 1 & 2 AFTER......Pictures 3 & 4 I'll leave it another week before I reassemble everything to allow the finish to harden. I will post more when it has been reassembled. |
9th Dec 2018, 8:24 am | #2 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
You must be rather pleased with that, and it'll look even better when it's built back up.
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9th Dec 2018, 8:37 am | #3 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
Thanks David, yes I'm looking forward to seeing it all back together..
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9th Dec 2018, 12:20 pm | #4 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
French polish?
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9th Dec 2018, 12:58 pm | #5 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
No not French Polish. James says he only uses French polish on antique furniture. On more modern cabinets he uses lacquer mainly because it gives a harder finish and better protection. The original rosewood veneer could not be obtained so he used an alternative and coloured it with a rosewood colour product before applying the lacquer.
I think it looks fantastic. |
9th Dec 2018, 2:34 pm | #6 |
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Corr blimey, what a super job, please more pics when it is assembled.
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9th Dec 2018, 2:50 pm | #7 |
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Will do.
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11th Dec 2018, 10:45 am | #8 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
Sitting on your workmate it looks deceptively tiny but having worked on one I know it is far from that. Your restored cabinet looks beautiful.
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11th Dec 2018, 5:49 pm | #9 |
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Nice finish for a nice receiver! I bet you will find the reassembly very satisfying.
I've tried both french polish and lacquer and can't decide which is easier.
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11th Dec 2018, 6:29 pm | #10 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
Looks great! Can't wait for finished result, with dial lit up!
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12th Dec 2018, 11:08 pm | #11 |
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Stunning job looks fabulous.
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13th Dec 2018, 3:43 pm | #12 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
Looks like an excellent job. Please don't do what someone on this forum did, I think it was a TV the last screw in the knob and the screwdriver slipped!. The case had to go back to the finishers. Interesting conversation followed I expect.
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13th Dec 2018, 10:58 pm | #13 |
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14th Dec 2018, 12:12 am | #14 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
That is a beautiful finish on that cabinet! Wish I could get them looking that good. Certainly a name to keep in mind, I’ve got a few cabinets in awful condition that could benefit from professional restoration, one being a Murphy V180C TV.
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14th Dec 2018, 4:29 pm | #15 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
Hello Llyod,
Yes it is a good job and you are near enough to Grantham to use his services. It wasn't cheap of course, these things never are but he does quote you a price before going ahead. |
2nd Mar 2019, 3:32 am | #16 |
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
Fabulous set, mine is on the "borderline" condition wise, it's a bit scruffy but I like the fact it still has its original finish, yet I know it could look stunning if restored.
I often wonder how many A40's survive, I doubt that many were made in the first place!
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Re: Murphy A40C professional cabinet restoration.
I have one to restore when I have time.
It is complete now that I obtained a knob from a kind forum member but has been brutally part stripped cabinet wise. The colour is a lot lighter than this one here even on the parts not stripped. Were they available in different wood finishes? The veneer all seems to be intact but it will take a lot of work to get anywhere near the finish of the professionally restored one. |
2nd Mar 2019, 8:48 am | #18 |
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Not that I'm aware of, but a lot can happen in 80 years to an original finish, between natural darkening and getting bleached by sun exposure. Colin's finished radio has been given more of a mahogany shade than I've seen on preserved examples. Here's mine, fortunately in a good enough state for me to be contented with it as it is (though 20-odd years ago when I had recent experience of French polishing a few sets I wouldn't have minded giving it the treatment).
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