06-11-2011, 07:16 PM
What I would be inclined to do if it were mine would be to give the top a damned good rub with a pan-scrubber (so as not to get bits of steel wool in the speaker) and linseed oil.
Give it a couple of coats of shellac, flatten it off with wet and dry and then give it plenty of wax polish.
Obviously the damage will still show but it won't look like it's just been re-finished.
It a personal thing as to whether you want it as good a possible, factory-fresh or lived in. I tend to go for the latter and if I don't like the result can always go the whole hog later.
- Joe
Give it a couple of coats of shellac, flatten it off with wet and dry and then give it plenty of wax polish.
Obviously the damage will still show but it won't look like it's just been re-finished.
It a personal thing as to whether you want it as good a possible, factory-fresh or lived in. I tend to go for the latter and if I don't like the result can always go the whole hog later.
- Joe
