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Thread: Not an antique but worth doing.
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5th December 2009, 05:45 PM #1
Big Bad Bill
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- Apr 2009
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- Newcastle Australia
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- 67
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Not an antique but worth doing.
I bought this coffee table from the tender center for au$13.00
The dowels in the legs had almost all been snapped and I had to biscuit joint them to get it solid again.
I also didn't like the "teak" finish and decided it would look better with a mahogany shellac finish.
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5th December 2009, 06:23 PM #2
Deceased
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- Aug 2008
- Location
- Bundaberg Queensland.
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- 76
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- 0
thats a transformation for sure
well done.
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5th December 2009, 06:27 PM #3
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5th December 2009, 08:15 PM #4
Big Bad Bill
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- Apr 2009
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- Newcastle Australia
- Age
- 67
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- 22
Thanks for the comments Bluegum and Alex,
I have inherited a cedar "tall boy", which belonged to my uncle, who came back from Nam shell shocked, and he painted it battleship grey.
I have been buying inexpensive items to do up so when I tackle a real antique I don't stuff up.
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9th December 2009, 08:59 AM #5
Skwair2rownd
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- Nov 2007
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- Dundowran Beach
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Great restoration!! The new colour really suits the style of the table.
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10th December 2009, 06:25 AM #6
Big Bad Bill
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- Apr 2009
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- Newcastle Australia
- Age
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Thanks Artme,
The colour was my wife's choice, although it's probably what I would have gone with anyway, It still amazes me what a little stain & polish can do for something that may have ended up as landfill.
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10th December 2009, 06:59 AM #7
Well done on the reno.
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