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I managed to get the material on the speaker board today and attempted to give it some color.
I used toning lacquer but didn't really have the correct color, I used some Light golden oak and then a misting of "nutmeg" (yes, that's the color) but it's too orange, I can remove it with some thinner and try again.
It's a little hard to be sure what color it should be, the front of the old grille is darker than the back side but that can be from dirt and age or possibly some type of colorant RCA put on it, it also appears to be lacquered.
I think some plain Walnut toner would be about right, it's basically just a brown color with no orange or red tint to it, the stripes are just a darker shade of brown done by weaving individual strands of darker wicker. I can add stripes but they will have to be solid, I won't be able to skip over the area where the strips cross over each other like it was originally.
It's hard to tell the colors from this picture but it's the best I could do indoors.
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