How To Repair As Well As Restore A Vintage Menu Catalog

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A beautiful nine drawer vintage bill of fare catalog gets repaired, stained too painted for a fresh novel look.

I've ever had a dear for vintage bill of fare catalogs, but could never discovery 1 that was inside my tight budget. Well, apparently I wasn't looking inwards the correct places because I've been lucky plenty to come upwardly across unopen to amazing ones lately. I recently restored an eighteen drawer bill of fare catalog, scored a 60 drawer 1 from a local auction and exactly the other 24-hour interval I constitute a nine drawer bill of fare catalog on Facebook Marketplace.

Unfortunately, the recent nine drawer bill of fare catalog had a chip also much veneer harm to refinish dorsum to its master copy state, but I was able to laissez passer on it a much needed facelift.

A beautiful nine drawer vintage bill of fare catalog gets repaired How to Repair too Restore Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Vintage Card Catalog

Don't take away heed the missing screws. I totally forgot to screw them dorsum on earlier taking photos, whoops.

SUPPLIES USED TO MAKEOVER Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 NINE DRAWER CARD CATALOG

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- Respirator
- Dewalt sander
- 100 grit sanding pads
- Tac cloths
- Minwax Provincial stain
- Minwax woods filler
- Straight edge
- Minwax waterbased polycrylic
- Purdy pigment brush
- Screwdriver
- Sherwin-Williams Iron Ore (Emerald line)
- Brasso
- Old rag

HOW TO REFINISH AND RESTORE Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 VINTAGE CARD CATALOG

PSA: Before I teach started on the makeover, I wanna accept a infinitesimal too verbalize almost a novel exceptional I added to my render list. My hubby has been bugging me for a piece forthwith to article of apparel a respirator when sanding too I kept putting it off. It wasn't until he came domicile amongst 1 that I took wearing 1 seriously. Please, if you lot are doing whatever form of sanding, delight article of apparel a mask or respirator. Dust, mold too other irritants that are released when sanding tin forcefulness out crusade major wellness issues downwards the road.

Okay, forthwith that that's out of the way, let's accept a await at my latest bill of fare catalog find.

It's a nine drawer Gaylord Bros. Inc bill of fare catalog that had seen ameliorate days. The stain and veneer were literally flaking off too in that location were major chunks of veneer missing altogether.

I started yesteryear prepping the slice for sanding, which meant removing all the hardware.

I therefore sanded the entire bill of fare catalog (shell too drawer fronts) amongst my Dewalt orbital sander too 100 grit sandpaper. This purpose went pretty quick since in that location was already a fair amount of harm to the master copy stain.

I went dorsum too forth on whether or non to stain over the missing veneer too decease along it every bit master copy every bit possible or repair the harm too pigment the shell. In the end, I decided to brand the repairs too laissez passer on the bill of fare catalog to a greater extent than of a two-tone makeover.

I used my favorite woods filler to create total inwards the missing veneer too shine out the top. I only mixed the 2 products, applied it amongst a putty knife too inside xxx minutes it was stone difficult too create to sand.

This is almost the fourth dimension when the Sun started to laid (dang daylight savings time!) too I stopped taking pictures. Basically, 1 time the woods filler was dry out I sanded it shine therefore added 2 coats of Minwax Provincial stain. I sealed the stain amongst Minwax waterbased matte poly, cleaned upwardly the hardware amongst brass cleaner therefore reattached it to the bill of fare catalog (minus a few missing screws).