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Refinishing my 40-180 cabinet
Ron Ramirez
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04-16-2020, 08:35 AM
What Terry said.

I used to use shellac until I read that that was not such a good idea; I've used lacquer-based sanding sealer ever since. Grain filler is applied after sanding sealer. Again, as Terry said, take your time. Patience is a virtue. Icon_angel
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Refinishing my 40-180 cabinet - by fwmartin2000 - 04-14-2020, 10:01 PM
RE: Refinishing my 40-180 cabinet - by Ron Ramirez - 04-16-2020, 08:35 AM
RE: Refinishing my 40-180 cabinet - by GarySP - 05-25-2020, 07:56 AM
RE: Refinishing my 40-180 cabinet - by klondike98 - 05-27-2020, 06:40 PM
RE: Refinishing my 40-180 cabinet - by PhilcoJohn - 06-03-2020, 06:16 PM
RE: Refinishing my 40-180 cabinet - by KCMike - 06-04-2020, 05:53 PM
RE: Refinishing my 40-180 cabinet - by tbone - 09-18-2020, 05:19 PM



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