[rfeenstra]

I started on the cabinet.  You can see a before pic in earlier posts.  A lot of the very dark brown or black toner on the grille trim was falling off.  Plus, a piece of the very thin lattice work was broken.  There was some veneer repair that I didn't like so I tried to improve it.  Plus there was deep ding in the upper right side.  Tried my hand at veneer repair.  Results were ok but not great.  I'm learning!

I still need to tone the base a bit since it was originally much darker.  Plus it will help hide some of the character marks.

Cabinet stripped and sanded:

       

Wash coat of sealer before grain filler:

   

3 coats of sanding sealer, dark toner on the trim, and one coat of sanding sealer to "fix" the dark toner.  Still need to tone the base.  I'll use tinted lacquer in a spray gun for that as i can's seem to master rattle cans!  Out of lacquer so I have to wait till it comes in.  Plus, I need to affix the decal before the final coats of finish lacquer.  Ready for wet sanding before the final coats.