GrannieAnnie

My son took my old Singer cabinet apart for me today and I started stripping varnish. Wood is beautiful.

HOWEVER! I just did the lid and one fold down piece ---------without rubber gloves. Darn that stuff burns. I've not done any stripping for a good while and forgot how mean that stripper can be.

Anyway, results so far............

Murphy

This is going to be gorgeous! Protect those hands!!!

bepositive

BEAUTIFUL! One should ALWAYS strip carefully!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

GrannieAnnie

LOL, believe me, I'm buying rubber gloves tomorrow. I'm always fascinated by how beautiful bare wood can be.

I'm going to finish this with a satin polyethylene.

I thought the metal frame was in good shape, but it's a tad rusty, so I'll have hubby sandblast it and reapply enamel-----------and maybe even gold leaf on the name and symbol.

wuv2quilt

She's going to be a Beaut!!!

Barb44

You can't even buy wood of that quality any more. It will be gorgeous when done and well worth the effort. Wish I had a treadle cabinet to refinish.

scowlkat

Gorgeous!

serenitybygrace

Please make sure to wear eye protection also. One splash of a very small size could really damage your eye.
The wood is really beautiful.

nativetexan

ha, ha. once i sat on a paint can lid that had chinese red paint on it and i had short shorts on. all we had was napthol (think it was) and rubbed my bum with it. talk about burn.!!!!

ILove2quilt

I hope you show a pic of it when it's done. It will look beautiful.