11-11-2005, 09:20 PM
Since the basic finish was pretty much intact, I took a soft cloth and dipped it in some walnut stain and wiped it over the front and sides. That took out most of the scratches.
As I originally described in the first post, the top was badly weather worn, as you can now tell. At first I stained the top, but it came out way too dark, so I took as much of the color off as I could with lacquer thinner and just finished it that way. You can still see a difference between the top and sides, bit I decided I could live with it that way.
Also, the left side veneer strip was half gone. Since I couldn't find any walnut veneer in a 3/4" wide roll, I used oak veneer and painted it brown. To match it to the rest of the cabinet, I also painted the other side and the bottom. Semi-gloss lacquer went over the whole cabinet to complete it.
The chassis was worse off than the cabinet, but the earlier posts in this thread described that process.
All told, for a $5 investment, and maybe another $10 in parts, not too bad!
Bill
As I originally described in the first post, the top was badly weather worn, as you can now tell. At first I stained the top, but it came out way too dark, so I took as much of the color off as I could with lacquer thinner and just finished it that way. You can still see a difference between the top and sides, bit I decided I could live with it that way.
Also, the left side veneer strip was half gone. Since I couldn't find any walnut veneer in a 3/4" wide roll, I used oak veneer and painted it brown. To match it to the rest of the cabinet, I also painted the other side and the bottom. Semi-gloss lacquer went over the whole cabinet to complete it.
The chassis was worse off than the cabinet, but the earlier posts in this thread described that process.
All told, for a $5 investment, and maybe another $10 in parts, not too bad!
Bill
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