Oh my, that yellow finish looks so good!
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Oh my, that yellow finish looks so good!
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Originally Posted by dozymuppet
Agreed! Is that the famous TV yellow?
Definitely not. More a canary yellow.
TV 'yellow' was originally an off-white/light cream nitro straight onto mahogany, then grain filled with a dark tint, with the 'clear' nitro lacquer of the time sprayed on top. This 'clear' was quite amber, and both the white and the amber went more yellow with exposure to UV. Later, with more UV-stable paint and clearer lacquers available, the white base became a pale yellow to try and mimic the aged look.
Some of the original Jrs that were kept in their cases and rarely exposed to UV still retain the near-white look.
So any true TV yellow finish needs those three parts; the base coat, the dark grain fill to highlight the pores and clear over the top.
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