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Guys,
I decided it was time to refinish the wood veneers on my Beomaster 1000. The wood, I assume is oak, but possibly (if I am lucky) teak was dried out and the grain had a distinctive white hue which was anything but appealing. Plus a bit of staining that detracted from the overall appearance.
After disassembly I cleaned the veneers vigorously with rubbing alcohol and applied oak stain. Not good, the finish was uneven with most overly shinny and a patch of dull. Applied a second coat and the result was an even worse uncommon resemblance to Lake Washington (Seattle).
Time to start over. I sanded the veneers going from 600 grit to 1,200.
This time the result was an even matt finish, just what I was looking for. The photos make the before look better than it was and the after less then reality.
I also had to deal with numerous breaks in the lower panel veneer. Thank God for white glue.
Lastly, I noticed the knobs were “nasty” with one being actually bronze in appearance. All were more oxidized than I had previously noticed. Time for Simi-Chrome. Amazing transformation…. so much so that I polished and waxed the plastic to wonderful results.
Today I put it all back together and am more than pleased.
So is this a Søren de Mexico restoration? No it is not, but I would not have the chutzpah to compare my efforts with Søren. Still, it IS a big improvement.
Jeff
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More of the white grain.
The before.
The insides.
The "after" and it looks MUCH better than the photo.
One more than is a bit more realistic of the end result.
Very nice and tidy job, Jeff!
Your Beomaster 1000 looks superb indeed. I've always preferred the early white ones.
My regret is to have missed a time-capsule one last year. I mean, one with really white keys.
Did you do any paint job? I had to respray the bottom grille on mine, because it showed a little oxydation, the rest being almost mint (thanks Dave Farr for giving me that one away).
Jacques
Why thank you kindly Jacques.
The bottom grille, wow there was/is a mess. However the grille itself was fine almost NOS. But the veneers were badly broken in numerous places. Also while working on the wood I damaged a poorly designed corner.... not exactly broken, but loosened .
No matter, the screws keep the assembly in position, so no worries.
I don't know what it is exactly, but something definitely appeals to me vis-a-vis the Beomaster 1000 design. The piano key buttons, the long slender knobs.... I guess it is just a excellent example of sixties Danish design that aged well. At least that is the way I see it.
I dont think that your wood is teak, looks more like rosewood, on mine I think someone switched the the top panel from oak to teak, the front side and front panels are still oak but tainted darker, here the top that I think is teak, but on my type number there is an E for (Eg) Oak.Please check your type/number sign, it should have a T, P or E on it, Anyway good job dried out woods are very hard to repair, my BM 4400 never got perfect, still have some barely visible damages.
Here the front side panel, definitely oak
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Hi Søren,
It isn’t rosewood….BUT the grille panel is. Rosewood is a rather dark and beautiful wood, this is light brown.
The top is probably oak, which I like just fine, but teak would be wonderful. My father LOVED teak furniture, purchased several excellent examples while on his first trip to Denmark. (I still have his black leather chair with the pivoted leather wrapped back with the rest of the chair in teak. I have his teak jewellry box as well, oval and VERY Danish modern.
I really like the look of your Beomaster 1000 with the black keys, but like Jacques, I prefer the white….. if only they didn’t yellow like they do.
I looked and looked for the type number but found nothing with a T, P, or E. I think mine is an S, whatever that means.
I am quite satisfied with the restoration, but if pressed I might say the stain I chose (oak) is a little too white.
The reason I decided to refinish the wood is the grain turned white like a road map and there were several stains that took away from the appearance. Now it is very even, which was my goal in the first place.
It was very common to treat oak furniture with wax in some form.This will almost always turn the wood darker, and if it received a couple of treatments over the years it can end uplooking somewhere between teak and palisander (rosewood), though without the red-ish shine of the latter.
Nice job.
Martin
Why thank you Martin. The Beomaster 1000 looks better "in the "flesh" than in the photos.
That it is a "darkened" oak seems likely, but I can't confirm.
I have refinsihed wood with relative success over the years, but this was my first encounter with "moving dull spots." I thought I had gone overboard with my cleaning using rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush..... but it wasn't enough.
Sanding down my first efforts and applying the stain again did the trick.