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Originally Posted by snelson903
here's a thought for anyone that might know, when the factory any company draws up plans for a new tv cabinet design's from 40's through the 60's are they arkived anywhere or destroyed, i was just thinking it would be cool to find some old factory plan's on cabinet's that the factory used. and build a new one from all the right measurement's ,even down to the color of stains they used.bring back some of cabinets that have been lost to time .
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I thought of the same thing when I was repairing the Magnavox console.
I thought it would be great to just build a whole new cabinet using the old one as a guide.
I only thought of it because there was a little wear to the top trim, and I started to scrape it off, figuring I would just sand and stain it again to match,
but then realized it was faux painted in a mahogany grain!!!!
I had no idea they did that with those cabinets!
The wood underneath was poplar, as REECE mentioned above.
I decided to just strip the whole length of trim I had started on,
mixed 2 different stains, and it actually matched very decent. You can see the difference in the wood grain, but only if you are really looking for it.
Fortunately I was able to save that mistake!
I was very impressed with the original faux mahogany paint job they did back then, I also have a Magnavox stereo console from '61 in a cherry finish, and now I am sure that was faux painted as well.
I was a professional house painter for many years, and even did some faux painting myself for customers, but I couldn't tell these cabinets were!!!
I know hardwood is expensive, but I guess it was cheaper for the companies to faux paint these cabinets; seems like a lot of work though!