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murphy512 · 5th Jul 2022, 10:57 pm

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.
I have now completed the electronic works and the radio is now a good performer with a great sound on FM.
I am still in two minds whether to do a full strip.
The radio belonged to the father of a lady, friend of a friend of mine and she inherited it after her father passed away.
After she heard that I restore valve radio, she asked me if I could restore hers, but did not want to spend too much on it. Unfortunately I had to replace 3 valves as the radio had not been converted to work on 245v and that added a lot to the cost.
I will ask the lady if she is prepared to spend a little more money on the radio as I will have to buy the lacquer or varnish. I am not charging anything for my work despite having spent many hours on it, and it will be more hours for the stripping and re varnishing. I will try some of the suggestions from the forum first.
I not happy about giving the radio back to her not looking good, hopefully she will agree to spend a little more on it.

5th Jul 2022, 10:57 pm	#10
murphy512 Pentode Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, UK. Posts: 122	Re: Heat damaged lacquer on Graets Komtess 611 Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I have now completed the electronic works and the radio is now a good performer with a great sound on FM. I am still in two minds whether to do a full strip. The radio belonged to the father of a lady, friend of a friend of mine and she inherited it after her father passed away. After she heard that I restore valve radio, she asked me if I could restore hers, but did not want to spend too much on it. Unfortunately I had to replace 3 valves as the radio had not been converted to work on 245v and that added a lot to the cost. I will ask the lady if she is prepared to spend a little more money on the radio as I will have to buy the lacquer or varnish. I am not charging anything for my work despite having spent many hours on it, and it will be more hours for the stripping and re varnishing. I will try some of the suggestions from the forum first. I not happy about giving the radio back to her not looking good, hopefully she will agree to spend a little more on it.