My Motorola 12VT13 Restoration.

[Dangler]

I got back to the cabinet and started stripping the finish and repairing some small veneer chips. After a lot of sanding, it was about ready for stain. For the top and lower portion of the sides, I used red mahogany stain. The lighter parts I used special walnut. The front was the same light and dark scheme.

I got back to the chassis while the cabinet was drying. I couldn't get the right side of the picture to quite fill out the screen after some more testing. There was a bumblebee hiding out behind a cluster of wires that I had overlooked. Replaced it and the raster filled the screen. It's getting so you can't trust any caps of any type.

The control plate finish was pretty scratched and corroded. I stripped the old finish off and cleaned the corrosion off. The lettering was pretty straight forwared as far as repainting since it was recessed. After that was done, a couple of coats of lacquer to protect it. I'll post pictures of it after the refinishing later.