11th February 2024
Oh a day of rest, I wish.
We made good progress on the new dresser yesterday we wanted to get it finished, pictured and posted.
After finishing breakfast, clearing up and putting on some warm clothes we made a start.
Kelli was doing the painting whilst I started to strip the Jackson Pollock dresser. I had tried paint stripper, heat gun and scraper, but nothing seemed to make an easy job of it.
In the end I used the heat gun, slowly removing a few millimetres at a time then finishing off with a sander. It was unpleasant, and I had six drawers to do.
Kelli was working like a maniac, but with a concerted effort got everything finished.
I had to machine two drawer guides and that was my total involvement of the day on that piece.
We carried the piece outside to take the pictures, it was a transformation from what we started with, I like that, hopefully people out there will agree.
Another Lifetime to go 