Stripping

[Belsnickel]

Furniture, you pervs.

Anyway, my father had this old cabinet in his wood shop and when he passed, I knew I wanted it. Well, I got into fly tying and knew this cabinet was perfect.


Problem is, as you can see, it doesn't look great. Now, this isn't going to be some show piece, so instead of spending hundreds of dollars to get it refinished, I decided to do it myself. So, I still spent a chunk of change on the materials, but not as much as letting a pro do it, and spent today stripping it.


Now, the front didn't turn out too well. I think the liquid stripper I used just didn't stay on the narrow surfaces long enough to really do its thing. I need to figure out what direction to go with that, next. The rest of it, though, turned out pretty well.






Anyone else done this kind of work? Any ideas on how to handle the front of this thing? I haven't touched the drawers, yet, I know they will be a pain.