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Old 07-14-2013, 06:18 PM
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I got my hands on a Minwax mahogany stain scratch cover up stick. As long as you don't get too close or shine a light directly on the surface, you'll hardly notice if at all. My next step is to get all the off white color cards from Lowes and see if I can find a white the matches close enough. Can't exactly take the set to them for color matching.
Before you paint, look at the retrobrite project - they use chemicals to brighten yellowed plastics:

http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/
I'm happy with the results on an old RCA plastic radio from the 70's. Best use of peroxide since gold recovery.....

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