This is an RCA 9X571. This first picture is not my radio - I swiped the
photo from an eBay listing, just so everyone knows what they look like. (I
forgot to take pictures when I first got mine). I'm sure almost all of you
have seen these.

I bought one a while back and started to clean the cabinet. Much to my
surprise and chagrin, the faux woodgrain on the front started to smear, and
I had no choice but to take it all off. It's just paint - and water soluble
paint at that. I ended up with a clean, plain bakelite cabinet - no
woodgrain.

What to do? Would I be able to reproduce that woodgrain accurately? What
were my alternatives? I tried a number of approaches and it took a few
attempts, but the next four pictures show the end result. You'll see that I
stayed "on theme", but it's definitely a one-of-a-kind. This was a fun
little experiment. Your comments and criticisms are welcome.

Keff

Front view



"Unrevealed Source" wrote in message
...
This is an RCA 9X571. This first picture is not my radio - I swiped the
photo from an eBay listing, just so everyone knows what they look like.
(I
forgot to take pictures when I first got mine). I'm sure almost all of
you
have seen these.

I bought one a while back and started to clean the cabinet. Much to my
surprise and chagrin, the faux woodgrain on the front started to smear,
and
I had no choice but to take it all off. It's just paint - and water
soluble
paint at that. I ended up with a clean, plain bakelite cabinet - no
woodgrain.

What to do? Would I be able to reproduce that woodgrain accurately?
What
were my alternatives? I tried a number of approaches and it took a few
attempts, but the next four pictures show the end result. You'll see that
I
stayed "on theme", but it's definitely a one-of-a-kind. This was a fun
little experiment. Your comments and criticisms are welcome.

Keff

Another front view


"Unrevealed Source" wrote in message
...
This is an RCA 9X571. This first picture is not my radio - I swiped the
photo from an eBay listing, just so everyone knows what they look like.
(I
forgot to take pictures when I first got mine). I'm sure almost all of
you
have seen these.

I bought one a while back and started to clean the cabinet. Much to my
surprise and chagrin, the faux woodgrain on the front started to smear,
and
I had no choice but to take it all off. It's just paint - and water
soluble
paint at that. I ended up with a clean, plain bakelite cabinet - no
woodgrain.

What to do? Would I be able to reproduce that woodgrain accurately?
What
were my alternatives? I tried a number of approaches and it took a few
attempts, but the next four pictures show the end result. You'll see that
I
stayed "on theme", but it's definitely a one-of-a-kind. This was a fun
little experiment. Your comments and criticisms are welcome.

Keff

From an angle


"Unrevealed Source" wrote in message
...
This is an RCA 9X571. This first picture is not my radio - I swiped the
photo from an eBay listing, just so everyone knows what they look like.
(I
forgot to take pictures when I first got mine). I'm sure almost all of
you
have seen these.

I bought one a while back and started to clean the cabinet. Much to my
surprise and chagrin, the faux woodgrain on the front started to smear,
and
I had no choice but to take it all off. It's just paint - and water
soluble
paint at that. I ended up with a clean, plain bakelite cabinet - no
woodgrain.

What to do? Would I be able to reproduce that woodgrain accurately?
What
were my alternatives? I tried a number of approaches and it took a few
attempts, but the next four pictures show the end result. You'll see that
I
stayed "on theme", but it's definitely a one-of-a-kind. This was a fun
little experiment. Your comments and criticisms are welcome.

Keff

From another angle


"Unrevealed Source" wrote in message
...
This is an RCA 9X571. This first picture is not my radio - I swiped the
photo from an eBay listing, just so everyone knows what they look like.
(I
forgot to take pictures when I first got mine). I'm sure almost all of
you
have seen these.

I bought one a while back and started to clean the cabinet. Much to my
surprise and chagrin, the faux woodgrain on the front started to smear,
and
I had no choice but to take it all off. It's just paint - and water
soluble
paint at that. I ended up with a clean, plain bakelite cabinet - no
woodgrain.

What to do? Would I be able to reproduce that woodgrain accurately?
What
were my alternatives? I tried a number of approaches and it took a few
attempts, but the next four pictures show the end result. You'll see that
I
stayed "on theme", but it's definitely a one-of-a-kind. This was a fun
little experiment. Your comments and criticisms are welcome.

Keff