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Originally Posted by Steve D.
Eric,
Normally wouldn't recommend this, but if stripping and light sanding is successful and you have a smooth fiberboard result. How about spraying the cabinet w/primer and a high gloss black paint.
-Steve D.
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I know that the set has been found to have real wood, but I thought that it would be worth adding something I learned from the TV show American Restoration. I can't remember what they were doing this to, but they showed a way of imitating a wood grain on something without real grain like fiberboard. What he did was laid down first a light brown coat coat of I think stain and then blended in some darker accents on top of that. Finally he took something like a trim brush; a small brush, and ran long strokes in what to the viewer seemed to be random parallel areas. I say that because the man said that there was a bit of an art to it and it takes practice, so it's not quite random, but more strategically planned.
At any rate, the end result was great. It really looked like wood grain. So, maybe this will help someone else who finds a TV that probably survived a hippie owner in the 60s or 70s who tried to make the world a little more beautiful, but failed....
