[mikethedruid]

It was a beautiful day here at my little farm on Powell Mountain. The temperature was almost 70 F. I took advantage of the nice weather and stripped the cabinet of my Olympic. It was a bit more of a pain than most I have done. One part of the cabinet, the area at the bottom where the knobs are, was actually faux painted, not just varnished like the rest of the cabinet. I don't really know why either. The wood underneath is nice looking, and appears to have been varnished like the rest of the cabinet. It certainly is the same exact color now that the cabinet is stripped. The paint was thick, two or three different layers to create the effect, which made stripping it, and getting all the residue off tricky, but patience, and several applications of remover, and several pieces of steel wool got the job done. It is drying in the afternoon sun right now. I'll bring it in before dark. I am going to give it a rubbed tung oil finish. It worked very well on my RCA, so I am going to do it again. It takes more time, several days between coats, and quite a few coats; but the finish is very durable, looks good, and is entirely reversible if someone wants to someday. Time is certainly something I have plenty of.