I ran out last night to check and see if Home Depot had those adapters for the 300 ohm connections in the back of my tv. They didn't, so I waited and got one from Radio Shack today since the old one was messed up. But, to make the trip worth something while I was at Home Depot, I picked up some Howard's Restore-A-Finish in mahogany for my cabinet and a pack of fine steel wool. Today, the weather was nice so I immediately jumped at the chance to do something I've been wanting to do for a long time; fix up that scratched cabinet! It really didn't look too bad already, especially from the front where there were maybe only a dozen or so very small nicks that were somewhat noticable. The sides and top didn't fair so well. They still looked "okay" but were scratched beyond belief in some spots, especially the left side.
The Howard's stuff really did wonders for this type of damage without too much work at all. I think it took a couple hours with a bit of drying in between. I was pretty liberal with the top and sides, but very light with the front where I wanted to merely "touch up" the trouble spots. I still ended up rubbing a thin coat over the whole front end, although careful to avoid to the grille cloth.
The scratches are practically invisible and that color is just amazing! It's like I'm slowly turning the clock back 50 years. I could still touch up a few more spots and maybe wax it, but for now I'm happy with it. Now I'm just waiting on some rather expensive Krylon gold paint to get here so I can finish up the control panel. I've still got the chassis out so I'll be investigating the video output section tonight. More to come soon!
10-11-2010, 06:56 PM
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