How to clean a wood cabinet?

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Re: How to clean a wood cabinet?

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Edisonfan wrote:I will just find my own method for cleaning this Cabinet!


I think I have caused a riff.
I don't think you caused a riff. I think pretty much every collector I know uses either GOJO, Goop, Kotton Klenser, or New Life Masque (my new favorite!) which are all basically the same stuff with slightly different formulae. You aren't going to ruin any wood with any of these products, trust me. I used these products on all of my machines (including my Opera) with great results. They also do wonders on bed plates.

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Re: How to clean a wood cabinet?

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Well, it did not work for me. I even used the 0000 grade steal wool. I used Goop, and all it did was make the wood smell nice.

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Edisonfan wrote:I will just find my own method for cleaning this Cabinet!


I think I have caused a riff.

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How To Clean a Wood Cabinet:

1. Request advice

2. Receive advice

3. Reject advice

4. ????????

5. SUCCESS!!!
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It must have been the "steal" wool.... ;)

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I concur that they guys at the auto store were full of it. But don't get it there if they only have the kind with Pumice.

Or just order Kotton Klenser on-line directly (http://kottonklenser.com/) or from Amazon. Takes maybe 5 minutes and it will come straight to your door. A piece of cake!

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Re: How to clean a wood cabinet?

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This is what I'm using currently, it's actually made for furniture (though it's still more or less the same stuff as GoJo, etc.)

http://www.newlifewoodconditioners.com/ ... re-masque/

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Leave it as is? It is original and it takes a very long time to get that much patina. I bought Kotten Cleanser off the web, but just can't make myself touch my cabinet. It is very dark and I know it would clean up nice. But then you have taken all that patina away and can't get it back.
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Amberola wrote:Leave it as is? It is original and it takes a very long time to get that much patina. I bought Kotten Cleanser off the web, but just can't make myself touch my cabinet. It is very dark and I know it would clean up nice. But then you have taken all that patina away and can't get it back.
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The "patina" is dirt. There's a big difference between cleaning and refinishing. I don't personally like to have dirty phonographs or cabinets in my collection.

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I remember my late friend Jerry Donnell using Restore A Finish on his cabinets.edisonplayer

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