Years ago I assembled a Maroon GEM from pieces and parts. When I didn’t know better, I painting an old beat up case with Shellac, thinking this was the correct way to restore it. I even applied it over an old decal that was badly damaged.
I now realize after all these years that I did this wrong. I’ve never refinished the case and now would like to do it the correct way. I have no idea about how to go about this.
How do I proceed? I imagine I need to remove the shellac and then reapply something. I’d like to take off the old damaged decal and put on a new one as well. Any advice on how to proceed would be most appreciated. Thank you all so very much!
Refinishing GEM case
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- Victor Monarch Special
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Re: Refinishing GEM case
I think some of the techniques shown here would yield a great result.
https://forum.antiquephono.org/topic/18 ... -a-132017/
https://forum.antiquephono.org/topic/18 ... -a-132017/
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Re: Refinishing GEM case
Could you please document this for all the phonograph community as many of us (me) need to see it done. I have some big phonograph projects coming up and it has been decades since doing refinishing. Thanks James Manker