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That's some fantastic work, a job well done for sure! I couldn't help to notice some texture on the new wood paint and I wondered why the author simply did not
by caiobegotti 6y ago
That's some fantastic work, a job well done for sure! I couldn't help to notice some texture on the new wood paint and I wondered why the author simply did not restore the original beautiful wood and went instead for that hard brownish painted tone. It's as if the sanding wasn't fine enough in grit too, because lacquering with polishing is supposed to give you almost a mirror-like result (that's all based on a single indoor picture of course, sorry). Congrats again to the author!
- jacquesm 6y agoThe case was extremely damaged, and not made of real wood but of plywood with veneer on top. The veneer layer had already been sanded at least once and was super thin in places and of course that is where the bulk of the water damage was. In the end in a few places there was only a super thin layer of veneer left and in one or two places none at all. Wood grain filler was used to make the first layer more even, then three layers of red stain were added and finally two layers of high gloss transparent. I would have loved to use only two layers of stain but the wood left underneath just wasn't good enough for that anymore. Anyway, so it isn't quite as dire as you make out from the pics but it also could have come out a lot better if there was more to start with. In person it looks quite good, especially the combination of brass with the red stain.
- caiobegotti 6y agoThanks for the detailed follow-up!
- jacquesm 6y agoYou're welcome. In fact, the case was so bad, and the action so messed up that I thought it might end up a total loss. I love recycling other people's junk into things that are nice again, this is probably the best example of that so far.