well, now that i have saturdays off, i go to yard sales. i pick up this gem for $20. it is about 70 or 80 years old and is solid oak. i have been bored lately but now i have a project. so far its fun.

so i am going to strip it and polyurethane it and replace the hardware. spent about 2 or 3 hours on it today. let me tell you the stripping materials could burn the skin right off of you

 

Nice. that will look very good when its back down to its natural color and sealed.

 

maybe stain it darker to hide what ag and old paint has done to it?

 

i'm going to sand it down to bring out the natural color, i just need to get a heavier grit sandpaper. even with fine grit, there is progress

 

Looks like fun. Definately a relaxing way to spend a nice day...

 

Ahh... you can see the green paint... it's amazing what colors where hot back in the "old" days...

Looks like you're going to have alot of fun with this peice Rich...

 

looks like fun. it'll look great when it's done. kind of a timeless design.

 

it still has an old sticker on the back, its from buffalo, i'll have to check the company

 

update
just plowing thru this thing

 

wow, looks great!

what were you using to strip? not jasco, was it?



I'd love to do stuff like that... wish I had a way to move stuff. Can't really do much with a small car.

 

buy a 4-5grand truck/suv

Thats kinda what im debating about doing right now...getting a cheap old pathfinder or something.

 

Oh, and LOOKS GREAT

 

just a gallon of stripper from lowes, nothing special. i am pretty darn sore now
took me about 16 hours to get all that done. there is a mirror that goes on top that i am working on too

 

I went through a few gallons of this industrial stripper called jasco when I was stripping paint off my cement floor. It was nasty, disgusting stuff.

So whats next on this thing? How are you going to stain it?

 

i will stain the insides of the drawers. the outside will get a clear polyurethane finish

 

and new harware, the old stuff is just, well, old

 

wow looks great! always nice to have a project.

 

you kiddin' right ?

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Seeing how much of a PW you are i am inclined to think you just wont get to do whatever you think you want to.
you'on here ALL of the times !

 

and i still get something done, imagine that!

 

wow that looks great. Is the actual mirror in good shape? no paint spots or cracks in the glass?

 

there are a couple of streaks but nothing else is wron with the mirror.
when i disassembled the mirror i noticed that it was more jagged around the edges, prob just the way they made em back in the day

 

ok guys, it's done.
i do have to buy the hardware and reinstall the keyhole trim but after 3 or 4 coats of polyurethane it's done.

it took 30 hours to strip the paint and sand the whole thing down. mostly with 60 grit, then 240 grit to get a smoother surface, since it was hard wood, there wasnt really many.


i prepped the surface by using paint thinner to clean the surface, wait til it dried and then used thin coats of the poly.
once the poly was dry i would use steel wool and lightly buff the surfaces. then i would use paint thinner again to clean the surface. after 3 or 4 times(your choice) it's done
reassemble

it took me a total of 7 days to complete

it was fun but it will be a little while before i do something like this again

enjoy!!

 

WOW! Kickass job.
I'm not a fan of the mirror though.

 

the mirror reminds me of furniture by gaudi

 

damn, amazing job

 

That looks damn good. Great work!

 

wow that's awesome! it looks like a piece of heirloom furniture now.

and i love the vaseline above your computer... nice touch!

 

great job man..if i were you i'd take some steel wool to that finish to take a little of the shine off though.

@ the vaseline

 

i thought someone would say something about that