I am appealing to the masses for a clean detailed image of an Emerson serial
number label. A high resolution, up close picture of a tag from a hand
held camera would do. It certainly would be easer for me to work with than
what I have.

http://www.ppinyot.com/E/emerson/label_crop_2.png that belongs to this
radio: http://www.ppinyot.com/emerson.htm. (This is my no solicitations hobby web site).

Your time is greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.
Paul P

paul at ppinyot dot com

I went ahead and made one up with Microsoft Word. See:
http://www.ppinyot.com/E/emerson/Presentation1.jpg
It took me several hours. When sprayed with a toned lacquer it should look
vintage. Compare it to the original here:
http://www.ppinyot.com/emerson.htm Bottom of first group of pictures.

Paul P

Really nice work, there are some amazing softwares out there. But, the talent makes them shine

Hi Paul,
First, thank you for your site. In the past is has helped myself and others with nice photos and how-tos for our radio issues. It is much appreciated.

When I print out 'repro' labels, I find it may be best to print on some actual vintage paper. Printing on modern, slick white paper, then trying to 'age' it with coffee, tea. or toners still might not look right.

I can find a lot of old paper, in different thickness and textures in old books. Usually toward the front or back of the book, you will find a full blank page. Already aged, different books and papers will have different colors to choose from.
Run the paper through the printer and it will amaze you You can, for added protection, spray a flat matte finish on both sides of the paper. Then cut, glue and apply.

Using a sharp image of an old label, I might even choose to leave original stains visible. This will further add to the realistic look of a genuine label.
Take care

Gary,

Thank you for letting me know that you are benefiting from my web site. I started it originally as a How To site explaining my experiences. When I started out I did a lot of searching on radio restorations. Restorations are a different beast than a repair (that I did as a teen in TV repair shops).

I will try the old aged paper. I like that idea. Although I have great success using toned lacquers from Mohawk and the other name brands. I like being able to change the level of aging with different tone colors and multiple layers of spray.

This particular Emerson Restoration is specified as “Like the Factory”. So a clean label is desired. But I would like to use original paper stock. Kind of like thin cardboard.

Thanks again for your input.

Paul

Old books? Some folks remark about parting out old radios that are damaged or broken. Now it is old books that are parted out also.

Yup, some books are kind of useless. A thick book about economics, or calculus from the 30s would not be interesting to me, and there might be several pages of blank pages to use.

So, I guess we can 'part out' a book too