| Project by pastahill | posted 780 days ago | 1833 views | 1 time favorited | 10 comments |  |
 |
This is a restauration project what i have done one year ago. I found this cabinet in the garage of my father-in-law. I think it stays there for the last 70 jears, because i found paintrings from colourcans with sticked on newspaper, with old german letters( pre 1945 ), in it.Like you can see was the cabinett in a very bad shape. It was overpainted 3 times, a lot of nails were driven in, “to hang things”,on the outside. The legs were completle rotten and the wood worm was in. After etching the whole colour from the cabinet, i have seen that i have to replace the complet cabinet ground of the top part, because the worm was very busy.New legs where made on the lathe and after smothing the surface i coloured it with waterbased stains. I brought up some nice caucasien walnut veneer and waxed everything with with my homemade finish. It consists of beewax, carnauber, parafin and turpentine oil. After polishing by hand it has a nice shine and a fine smell which lasts over years.
-- If anybody find spelling mistakes, can keep them!
| Pin It |
10 comments so far
Ken90712
home | projects | blog
12662 posts in 1358 days
#1 posted 780 days ago
Amazing save! One to be proud of!
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
kansas
home | projects | blog
146 posts in 1871 days
#2 posted 780 days ago
Very nice!
Lee A. Jesberger
home | projects | blog
6499 posts in 2149 days
#3 posted 780 days ago
WOW;
That’s an incredible transformation!!!
Beautiful job.
Lee
-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com
TJCROSS
home | projects | blog
149 posts in 1168 days
#4 posted 780 days ago
Nice job.
-- www.theartsandcraftsstudio.com
nuttree
home | projects | blog
146 posts in 1494 days
#5 posted 780 days ago
What a great old cabinet. You did a very nice job of saving it.
-- I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. -John Muir
lightweightladylefty
home | projects | blog
2065 posts in 1882 days
#6 posted 779 days ago
Fabulous transformation! Thanks for sharing.
L/W
-- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.
Jeffrey Alexander
home | projects | blog
72 posts in 862 days
#7 posted 778 days ago
Beautiful restoration work!
-- "--Build Beauty to leave to those who appreciated it , not to ungrateful kids..."
saddletramp
home | projects | blog
998 posts in 808 days
#8 posted 778 days ago
Hard to believe that it’s the same cabinet. Amazing job of restoration.
-- ♫♪♪♫♫ Saddletramp, saddletramp, I'm as free as the breeze and I ride where I please, saddletramp ♪♪♪♫♪ ...... Bob W....NW Michigan (Traverse City area)
tinnman65
home | projects | blog
897 posts in 1584 days
#9 posted 777 days ago
Excellent work. When I first saw the before picture I was thinking “you have to be kidding me”.
-- Paul--- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams
jcees
home | projects | blog
911 posts in 1969 days
#10 posted 772 days ago
Lovely work, mon ami. Brava!
always,
J.C.
-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein
Have your say...