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Philco 38-8 Refinishing
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Latest update:  I ended up filling those 2 chips/dings whatever they are, with timber mate wood filler.  Read good things about it, that it would take toner well.  Tgace459, that is a very creative solution using sawdust and glue... next cabinet I will give that a try.

   

Then I masked it off.

   

And did the trim first, in extra dark walnut.  Put 2 coats on it so far.  

   

It looks almost black in the photos, but up close it's dark but you can still see the grain a little bit below it.  Really looks nice, but I think I will do one more coat when it all dries well, just to make sure it's even.


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Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by adamrobertg - 04-25-2017, 11:33 AM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by Tgace459 - 04-25-2017, 02:39 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by adamrobertg - 04-26-2017, 06:29 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by Tgace459 - 04-27-2017, 12:06 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by adamrobertg - 04-30-2017, 05:32 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by adamrobertg - 05-01-2017, 03:47 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by klondike98 - 05-01-2017, 08:51 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by Arran - 05-02-2017, 09:49 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by adamrobertg - 05-07-2017, 10:56 AM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by Ron Ramirez - 05-07-2017, 12:41 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by adamrobertg - 05-24-2017, 01:27 PM
RE: Philco 38-8 Refinishing - by morzh - 05-24-2017, 01:38 PM



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