Made some good progress on furniture refinishing projects today. The weather has finally warmed up a bit for improved painting and drying times.
Day Four on the Shaw-Walker Filing Cabinet
- Rust mitigation, sanded, cleaned, and primed all four drawers, primarily the front faces and edges, though the full bottom on one drawer;
- Primed the bottom of the cabinet to prevent further rusting;
- Next steps:
- Choose a paint color and get clear coat;
- I’m half tempted to mount onto steel plate and add casters, otherwise felt stripping/feet to prevent scratching floors;
- Finish cleaning hardware (not sure how much better these might get without replating) and remount
Day two on the Steelcase stick leg office chair #2
- Spray painted all sides with two coats and left to dry
- Sanded down the chair back, washed it, and spray painted with two coats and left to dry.
- Next steps:
- Clear coat;
- Reupholster the seat (same Quidditch material as the other?);
- Re-assemble;
- Fix broken foot on one leg;
- Strip and refinish chair #1