[Eric H]

Originally Posted by charokeeroad

The picture sequence is backward but this is a restoration I did on a Motorola bakelite cabinet some time back using stain.
I used Red Oak here but I think Red Mahogany would give a truer color match.

http://s1184.photobucket.com/albums/...20Restoration/

That's a nice job, I've used stain with Lacquer on Bakelite but the results are disappointing, Poly makes more sense in this application, replacing Plastic with Plastic!

I'll have to try it on one of my faded sets,