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Professional Painters => Professional Painters and associated Trades Forum => The Good, The Bad & The Ugly => Topic started by: Lynjowoman on July 26, 2010, 12:59:27 PM

Title: Well, I really got myself in trouble this time
Post by: Lynjowoman on July 26, 2010, 12:59:27 PM
It all started with a comment  to my Dad one Sunday about 4 months ago. I told him I wanted my husband to make me a new mantel. He told me he had one in his shed I could have if I could use it. Well we went to his shed & found it. It had been in the shed for over 35yrs. It was taken out of a house down town that he remodeled . The house was build in the 1800. We dug it out of the accumulated dirt. It was in pretty good shape ( meaning it had no rot & only missing 2 small pieces). We loaded it up on the truck, it weighed a ton, solid oak. It was coming apart at the glue joints & warped a little (Ha! Ha!) Basically a pile of pieces held together by a few screws. We brought  it home  unloaded it & put it in the shop. My husband scratched his head & said a few choice words, but decided it might be worth the effort. He completely took it apart, re glued & clamped all the joints, put it all back together, scraped off the loose lead paint & finished it enhance the old finish.

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He applied several different color stains until he achieved the look we wanted, then clear coated it. The clock on the mantel was his Great Grandmothers. I works great as long as you don't forget to wind it.

Lynjo