[Dan Walker]

John,, I am posting a couple of before photos of the radio so you can see how it was.. I masked off the sides of the radio and used lacquer thinner and paint stripper on them.. Then I applied a coat of dark walnut gel stain.
On the bottom I had to remove all the veneer and raplace it[which took quite some time]..The top and top edge was completly stripped . I used grain filler on the very top and then a coat of dark walnut gel stain.
There were areas on the front near the bottom which I thought about for a long time before I did anything about .. Finally I just rubbed in the same stain and let it sit for about three days.. I didn't want to strip it because I could not come up with the same finish as the original.... I took off the pillars just outside the grill cloth and across the bottom and repainted the indentations with water base black paint and then gave them a couple of coats of clear lacquer
The curved veneer on the front corners was given the same treatment with the stain[mainly at the bottom].
I then masked off the bottom and gave it several coats of Mohawk extra dark walnut lacquer,and I did the same with the top edge and bottom edge.
Finally I masked off the center portion and sprayed several coats of high gloss Mohawk lacquer. After a good long drying time I applied''''''' beeswax with orange''''''
I hope I have not gone into too much detail but thats what I did Dan

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