Then my refinisher did his job! Only he didn't fill the grain like I asked... Bob <rvuill at comcast.net> wrote: You fooled me the machine looks like an original finish. RMV ----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" To: "Antique Phonograph List" Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vic IV before and after > Uh, the pics on the left are the 'before' pictures. I bought it stained an > ugly orangish color. The horn was painted gold. I had the cabinet > refinished (actually they had to use a specially mixed stain because the > wood, when it had been refinished originally, had been bleached and lost a > lot of its natural color), and bought an original horn for it. The gold > painted horn was too hard to strip, the gold kept streaking all over the > place. I had the metal parts renickeled - on the pics on the left, the > nickel is nearly gone. So I took it from ugly duck to nice mahcine, not > vice-versa. > John > > Bob wrote: > Hi John, > I'm confused. The pictures on the right appear to be your IV with its' > original finish. The ones on the left look like the machine after > stripping > both the horn and case. Why didn't you leave it alone? The original looks > pretty good. > RMV > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Robles" > To: > > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 5:43 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] Vic IV before and after > > >> Vic IV before and after >> I am pretty much done with the Vic IV I bought. Check my album for the >> before and after pics. >> John Robles >> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/john9ten@pacbell.net/album?.dir=/35a6scd&.src=ph&.tok=ph4eflGBHL_H..l1 >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org