Here is a mid-1930s Parmak tombstone radio.  This is a battery radio, which I don't normally collect, but I was very interested in the oval shaped cabinet, which is somewhat rare.

The radio chassis is a little rusty, and the lacquer finish of the case is going to need a refinish.  The lacquer is quite literally flaking off in many places.  There are a few dings in the case which will need some attention as well.

I probably won't do much with the chassis, as battery radios aren't really my thing.  I mainly like the radio for the excellent cabinet.

The goal is to get this cabinet refinished this weekend, before it gets too cold to spray lacquer.  I think I can get this done..!

Here is the Parmak tombstone cabinet after refinishing.  The radio was stripped using Parks Refinisher, which went quite quickly because the lacquer was in such bad shape. 

The case was lightly sanded, and a few areas of veneer damage were glued down and fixed.  Once the case was nice and smooth, it was filled with grain filler.  I used Bartley's Dark on the case, and did two applications, with a light sanding in between.  The case was stained with a coat of special walnut stain, then sprayed with multiple coats of Watco semi-gloss lacquer.

The dark brown trim is thinned oil paint which was painted on, then topcoated with sprayed lacquer.  I would normally use toned lacquer for this, but couldn't find a close color match that I liked (all the lacquer looked too red, and I wanted a dark brown).

I have to let the case sit a week or two, then I'll rub it out.  I still have to strip and refinish the knobs, clean up the escutcheon, etc.