Happy Goop story...

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Happy Goop story...

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Back in April, Oceangoer 1 and I traded a few PMs about his tooled leather panel credenza he was restoring. The record door panels were almost black, showing little of the color that the panels on the horn doors had. Goop did wonders for him.
I have owned a dour looking TLP Credenza for years that I figured had no paint left on the small panels because it had been buffed away by paste waxing, harsh cleaning or other. Finally tried some Goop and was surprised that the polychrome effects were hidden by a coating that had blackened over time! Thank you, Oceangoer 1!
While the horn doors are tooled leather, the three perimeter panels that had blackened have a much darker backround color and are of a different texture. Not the same material.- Bill
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Right side record door panel
Right side record door panel
Applying the Goop. Here comes the color...
Applying the Goop. Here comes the color...
Ah, that's better!
Ah, that's better!

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WOW! What an amazing transformation. I never would have tried this. Thanks for sharing your results.

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GOOP is great stuff!!! And it won't hurt any painted finish, just cleans off 100 yrs. of cigar smoke, cooking grease and dirt...
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Fran, without another forum member sharing his results, I would have never thought to try it.

Curt, you're right. Never saw any color on the brush or wipe-down rag (other than dirt).

Horn door panels were fine so i didn't goop these.- Bill

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Goop work ! :D


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Gorgeous! I will use yours as the model for what mine should look like!

I'm still working on mine, and am hoping to do some finish work as soon as it cools down here. I too noticed the difference in materials on the horn doors' leather versus the other 3 panels. It seems, once cleaned, that the horn door leather has a reddish light brown background while the other backgrounds are much darker, even after being cleaned.

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Wow that cleaned up very nicely - good job

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Another GOOD thing about GOOP... if you are wearing your favorite shirt while cleaning a motor and get grease on it, GOOP will take it out...
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Curt A wrote:Another GOOD thing about GOOP... if you are wearing your favorite shirt while cleaning a motor and get grease on it, GOOP will take it out...
Hahaha!

The leather looks really great after cleaning. How long did you leave it on?

I seem to have a slight residue left over after using Goop, I've been wiping it off with a damp paper towel. Did you/anyone have a similar experience?

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stevenhman wrote:
Curt A wrote:Another GOOD thing about GOOP... if you are wearing your favorite shirt while cleaning a motor and get grease on it, GOOP will take it out...
Hahaha!

The leather looks really great after cleaning. How long did you leave it on?

I seem to have a slight residue left over after using Goop, I've been wiping it off with a damp paper towel. Did you/anyone have a similar experience?
I let it sit a few minutes before working it with the brush. Am sure there was a residue but I wiped it down with some mineral oil afterward anyway. After all this there is still a white residue in the "nooks and crannies" probably the result of a paste wax job.

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