Restoration and refinishing of a unique record cabinet
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:55 pm
This is the link to the original post, started when I was looking for information about the cabinet.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=43072&start=0
This new post will be about my progress in its refinishing.
This is how I found it and the beginning of its stripping. These full views are after several rounds of stripping. Just prior to taking the pictures, I wiped it down with lacquer thinner to enhance the grain. To my surprise, it is a very fine figured wood. And the door is especially nice. I spent some time on the internet and could not find a similar wood to match the door. It and the sides are similar to Maple, but several woods have figuring like this. Whatever it is, it sure is purdy!
The back panels of the cabinet have shrinkage issues. Today I began to assess and tackle them. They shank from right to left and split due to the nails holding the moulding. They are solid boards about 3/16” thick. I was very careful not to slop any of the old surface into the splits.
I started on the larger lower section, where the center of the moulding was pulled as the panel shrunk. I had to severe the nail by filing it. It now fits against the edge.
Moving to the bottom corner. I thought the wood was missing and am happy to report that it was only held back by a nail!
With this positive experience, I moved to the small upper section and removed two sections of moulding and filed a nail on a third moulding. I was then able to slide the panel over. I’ll continue this post as I move along.
James.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=43072&start=0
This new post will be about my progress in its refinishing.
This is how I found it and the beginning of its stripping. These full views are after several rounds of stripping. Just prior to taking the pictures, I wiped it down with lacquer thinner to enhance the grain. To my surprise, it is a very fine figured wood. And the door is especially nice. I spent some time on the internet and could not find a similar wood to match the door. It and the sides are similar to Maple, but several woods have figuring like this. Whatever it is, it sure is purdy!
The back panels of the cabinet have shrinkage issues. Today I began to assess and tackle them. They shank from right to left and split due to the nails holding the moulding. They are solid boards about 3/16” thick. I was very careful not to slop any of the old surface into the splits.
I started on the larger lower section, where the center of the moulding was pulled as the panel shrunk. I had to severe the nail by filing it. It now fits against the edge.
Moving to the bottom corner. I thought the wood was missing and am happy to report that it was only held back by a nail!
With this positive experience, I moved to the small upper section and removed two sections of moulding and filed a nail on a third moulding. I was then able to slide the panel over. I’ll continue this post as I move along.
James.