[Jukebox-list] RE: Grill tubes / glass tubes

[Jens Hultgren]

Seeburg C is one jukebox where the original finish, lime green twotone like
you said, is not considered very attractive. I've only seen one who tried to
recreate the original look (that was me), for a museum.
But most people like to strip the original finish off. Then you will have to
either paint it or put new veneer on top, since the original veneer is plain
birch and not meant to be visible. Some use stain on the birch, and that
just ain't a pretty sight.

     Jens

On 8/1/06, Jjmscf at aol.com <Jjmscf at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> The Seeburg C was originally 2 tone from pictures I've seen.The lighter
> finish on the main part of the cabinet was a limed oak finish.Was a darker
> color
> around the keyboard.The brochure kinda shows it but that's not a real
> picture.It's a drawing.I could see some of the original color when
> I  took  mine
> apart as they just painted it black without taking anything off.The  finish
> was a
> kind of Photo finish applied to wood.They called it DiNac.It was  not very
> durable and got scratched up easily.Most have been painted over the
> years.Some
> even painted pink(yuck) but black (on mine) was just as ugly.Pink is  fine
> where it belongs on the 222(mech cover,titlestrip holders,stripe
> on  glass) but
> not on the sides of a Seeburg C.The wood underneath is kind of a  plain
> wood
> with no character so just stripping and refinishing won't make a  pretty
> jukebox
> so a lot of people put veneer on the Seeburg C.I think the oak  veneer
> like
> the one on the back of the Victory Glass catalog is beautiful IMO.I  don't
> particularly like the one pictured on the"Restoring The Seeburg C" book.I  like
> the
> lighter finish much better.
>
> J.C.
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/31/2006 6:39:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> etreble7 at comcast.net writes:
>
> >Wes,
> >was it like a white-wash paint with light green?   I don't know where I
> read
> >that from, but remember seeing one too on  some website.  It looks like
> there
> >is no veneer on this wood,  just looking from the top of a piece of the
> >cabinet, I think you could  see where it started.  Don't know for sure
> and
> >it's no big deal,  the box looks beautiful!
> Jackie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:  "Wesley Dean" <wesleydean at cox.net>
> To: "Jukebox mailing list"  <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:39  PM
> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] RE: Grill tubes / glass  tubes
>
>
> >>   The original finish on a M-100C was  painted veneer, done with a
> special
> >>process. Wes
> ----- Original  Message -----
> From: "Mechanical Music of S.F."  <mechanicalmusic at hotmail.com>
> To:  <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:24  PM
> Subject: [Jukebox-list] RE: Grill tubes / glass  tubes
>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
> >> >B.   Chances are good that the original lovely veneer is under
> the  paint.
> >> >Carefull stripping with a citrus based stripper should  remove the
> paint
> > >>without damaging ot lifting the original  veneer
>
>
>
>
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