Admiral 30A1S in Hollywood

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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

Nice. Has anyone here successfully refinished a blond finish TV? Most of what appears to be wood grain on blond furniture of that era, is in fact a painted on faux finish.

Kevin

I have three blond sets. One is made from Korina AKA Limba wood. The other two, including this set, are limed oak. There are some worn areas on mine so I can see the various layers. The cabinet is made from plywood with red oak veneer. Over that is a thin whitewash. Over that is a golden tinted lacquer.

Here's the Korina.


Here's a worn area on the limed oak.


I've done some experiments to replicate it. It's not quite right yet.