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............

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

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

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.

She's going to be a Beaut!!!

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.

Gorgeous!

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.

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.!!!!

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