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Old 12-25-2009, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted View Post
That is a sweet little set. With all that brass trim, it could look like a million bucks if you were to restore it to "like new" condition. If it was mine, I would take all the brass trim off and restore it bright and shiny like new, and do color fill in the embossed letters. Then refinsh the cabinet to "better than showroom" and that set would be just beautiful.
Good ideas. The brass seems to be two-tone with some areas brown. Like the inner side of the screen bezel and the top portion of the control area. Probably paint.

I think I'll strip all the metal down, polish it up, mask off and paint those areas. Then color fill as suggested.
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