[Ron Ramirez]

Now we're getting somewhere.

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After raining much of the week, high temperatures today were in the 70s...perfect weather for spraying lacquer.

Having cleaned up and sanded down the T7-5 cabinet, I therefore sprayed two coats of sanding sealer on it. What you see above is how it now looks.

Tomorrow comes grain filler, followed by more sanding Monday and then I begin spraying toner on the cabinet sometime this coming week.

Towards that end, I've been looking at pictures of T7-5 cabinets and it appears that this cabinet was toned in at least three different colors. Today, I took some time to strip the top and sides of a very poor condition Philco 44B cathedral cabinet to use it to experiment with different colors of toning lacquer in an effort to determine just what colors to use on this T7-5 cabinet.

So here is Ron's color wheel. Or if you prefer, the Cathedral of Many Colors.

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Bottom to top: Light Walnut (Tone Finish), Medium Walnut (Tone Finish), Medium Brown Walnut (Ultra Classic), Perfect Brown (Ultra Classic), Medium Dark Walnut (Ultra Classic).

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Near the top of the cabinet: Dark Red Walnut (Ultra Classic) and to the left of that, Extra Dark Walnut (Ultra Classic).

Yes, the toners are runny. I don't care. I was only interested in seeing how these colors looked on an old cabinet.

Going back to the first Philco 44B cabinet photo, you can see that Medium Brown Walnut (Ultra Classic) is darker than Medium Walnut (Tone Finish) but not as red as Perfect Brown. And Medium Dark Walnut seems lighter than Medium Brown Walnut.

In the second photo, Dark Red Walnut is not quite as dark as Extra Dark Walnut. I knew this already, having used Dark Red Walnut on the RCA 6T2 cabinet along with Extra Dark Walnut on the "white wood" portions of that cabinet.

So, as I see it, the T7-5 is going to need the following colors:

Medium Walnut overall.

Extra Dark Walnut on the top trim ("shoulders" and top front trim) as well as the wide horizontal groove on the lower left and right.

Along the bottom and on the outer edges of the "columns": Medium Brown Walnut...I think.