New Vintage Audio Restoration HQ

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LOTS of trial and error, and learning from how the museums do it.

Also, LOTS of money tied up in buying the right products to be able to safely restore and protect the antique and vintage gear.

It's ok to use modern products on the metal cases and faceplates (VERY carefully) on stuff from the 1940's forward, but products before then are a big NO.

I actually figured this out when I was having no luck restoring one of them 1930 units and it kept looking worse. Now I now why.

 

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Fully cleaned, polished, waxed and restored WORKING 1928 radio tester.

 

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Received some new finishes from Europe to try along with multiple kinds of Shellac including seed lac, button shellac, Kusmi and Thai.

 

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New arrivals getting in line for a full restoration:


**1929 Weston Model 537 Radio Tester**
**1930s Weston Model 489 Precision Meter**

 

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I did this while watching the F1 race today:

Photo 1: As received 1930's Weston meter
Photo 2: taking glass off to clean
Photo 3: clean glass
Photo 4: Completed project