31-07-2013, 06:52 PM
Hi,
After an early morning appointment I made a start on stripping the original cabinet finish using scrapers. I had just nicely got into the job when Bron came into the workshop to inform me the Little Greene paint we had ordered was now in the store awaiting collection. The picture below shows what £114 of Little Greene oil based paint looks like.
With a dry morning forecast we set off in the usual downpour and collected the paint; as it was pouring down I went into the store leaving Bron in the car. In the store I asked the young lady if they ever threw old wallpaper pattern books away because such books would be useful to Bron for her card making hobby?
Yes they did throw these pattern books away and would be delighted to give us some as it saved them disposing of them; they would ring once some were available. We had just nicely arrived home and settled in when the phone rang; if we cared to visit the store again ten pattern books were now waiting for us. It was a waste of time making another start in the workshop so near to dinner time. After dinner we set off once again but now the afternoon rain forecast was sunshine. We visited Morrison's on the way to the store where I bought a box of chocolates. The ladies in the store were most helpful and one even carried a number of the pattern books to our car; we handed over the chocolates and were assured more books would be coming our way shortly.
Back home again I finally got into the workshop to resume stripping the cabinet. I used a plain cabinet scraper on the flat sections but fortunately Gary (Radio Fixer) came to my rescue when I needed to strip the hollow curved front section. Gary quite a while ago very generously sent me as a gift a selection of good quality assorted cabinet scrapers including curved scrapers. One of these curved scrapers made light work of this difficult hollow curved section. Many thanks Gary; much appreciated.
It took very little effort to strip the original finish using the scrapers then I sanded at 400G and finished off with 1200G abrasive paper.
I had left the cabinet in the big woodworking vice overnight to let the newly glued joint set; it worked perfectly. Now I need to make and install a grille bar to replace the missing bar but in no time at all this cabinet is progressing very well.
Kind regards, Col.
After an early morning appointment I made a start on stripping the original cabinet finish using scrapers. I had just nicely got into the job when Bron came into the workshop to inform me the Little Greene paint we had ordered was now in the store awaiting collection. The picture below shows what £114 of Little Greene oil based paint looks like.
With a dry morning forecast we set off in the usual downpour and collected the paint; as it was pouring down I went into the store leaving Bron in the car. In the store I asked the young lady if they ever threw old wallpaper pattern books away because such books would be useful to Bron for her card making hobby?
Yes they did throw these pattern books away and would be delighted to give us some as it saved them disposing of them; they would ring once some were available. We had just nicely arrived home and settled in when the phone rang; if we cared to visit the store again ten pattern books were now waiting for us. It was a waste of time making another start in the workshop so near to dinner time. After dinner we set off once again but now the afternoon rain forecast was sunshine. We visited Morrison's on the way to the store where I bought a box of chocolates. The ladies in the store were most helpful and one even carried a number of the pattern books to our car; we handed over the chocolates and were assured more books would be coming our way shortly.
Back home again I finally got into the workshop to resume stripping the cabinet. I used a plain cabinet scraper on the flat sections but fortunately Gary (Radio Fixer) came to my rescue when I needed to strip the hollow curved front section. Gary quite a while ago very generously sent me as a gift a selection of good quality assorted cabinet scrapers including curved scrapers. One of these curved scrapers made light work of this difficult hollow curved section. Many thanks Gary; much appreciated.
It took very little effort to strip the original finish using the scrapers then I sanded at 400G and finished off with 1200G abrasive paper.
I had left the cabinet in the big woodworking vice overnight to let the newly glued joint set; it worked perfectly. Now I need to make and install a grille bar to replace the missing bar but in no time at all this cabinet is progressing very well.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
