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10-17-2008, 12:59 PM
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Name: Michael Lemings City: Fayetteville State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Jun 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thank you all for allowing me to share this recent project with you.
This wouldn't have been possible without the great help of Mac (Skysharks)!!   
Mac invited my wife and I over to his tremendous shop last weekend to assist us with repairing one of the cedar doors using a biscuit joint. John also gave us a great class on his jointer and biscuit tool, enabling us to make the excellent repair ourselves! Thank you again, Mac!! Like I said last weekend, I'll be calling to deliver some of my special applewood and hickory smoked babybacks either this weekend or early next week.
We picked up the wardrobe earlier this year from the Fayetteville Restore Warehouse. We were told that the person who delivered it there said it was in their family since the 1930s. After alot of stripping, sanding, repairing the door, and adding some cedar panels to the back interior, it was finally prepared to finish. As with many older pieces, I wanted to preserve as much of the original character it had when it was originally constructed. I contemplated simply applying a tung oil, BLO, or danisn oil finish, but Mac had a great point to use a more protective finish such as a poly. I agreed, and kept it very simple by applying Minwax water-based satin polycrylic. It looked real milky-white in the can, but each of the four coats (lightly sanded between coats) dried crystal clear in about two to three hours. The grain and figure doesn't quite "pop" as other cedar finishes I see throughout other discussions, however I'm very pleased with the final, softer, overall appearance. Now my entire house smells like a Virginian Juniper forest!
Here's the piece prior to any work. It was lying on it's side. 
Here's a close up of the wood surface prior to any work. 
Working down to the bare wood. 
Different levels of the surface. 
The entire piece prior to finishing. 
A couple of pics after the finish cured.  
There are some additional pics in my gallery.
Once again, I really want to thank Mac for inviting us over to his awesome woodshop, and giving us a tour of some of his tremendous projects!! That matchbox walnut table he mentions in the Norm Abrams plans thread is a priceless beauty, and I can't wait to see it once it's completed!
One quick gloat...the wardrobe was only $12.50 plus a little elbow grease!
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10-17-2008, 01:08 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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That's a great rehab! I'm sure it will outlast you.
Nice work!
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10-17-2008, 03:07 PM
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Name: Charles City: Wilmington State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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It's always good to see old furniture saved. Great job on the restoration. | |
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10-17-2008, 05:21 PM
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Name: Tom City: Yadkinville State: NC County: Yadkin Join Date: Jun 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great job! When it comes to refinishing, elbow grease ain't cheap, though it is free. 
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10-17-2008, 06:58 PM
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Name: Glenn City: Baskerville State: VA County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 59 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Excellent job!! I have a similar piece that is structurally sound but at some point the exterior had been painted  Your project results will serve as an inspiration once I start stripping and refinishing it 
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10-17-2008, 08:25 PM
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Name: Scott City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great looking wardrobe. You did a wonderful restore. Top it all off you got to meet Mac. Some how all WW projects seem to turn out better when you have an assist from a fellow North Carolina Woodworker member. For the ladies on the site that was a generic fellow. 
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10-17-2008, 08:58 PM
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Name: Michael Lemings City: Fayetteville State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Jun 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thank you all for the great support and very nice compliments. I'm still quite new to finishing and woodworking, and understand 'trial and error'.
Although I've never used WaterLox, I'm very impressed with what I've read and seen thus far throughout North Carolina Woodworker. I'm very anxious to try it (S&F, TO, etc) on my upcoming projects. Pehaps a small roadtrip to Aberdeen (Burney Hardware - my nearest local supplier according to the WaterLox website) may be in the very near future.
Thank you all again!
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10-17-2008, 09:05 PM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Good looking restore on the cedar. It is amazing to me how well it came out
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10-17-2008, 09:12 PM
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Name: Wayne City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great restore, Mike!!!
That cedar really does shine now. You certainly breathed another 50 years of life into that piece. 
Nice work.
Wayne
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10-18-2008, 06:23 AM
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Name: John Macmaster City: Eastover State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Oct 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looking good Mike. Love the way that the Cedar just Pops out when you put a finish on it.
Don't know if you know it but you repeated your last post twice. I wonder if it is a software thingy, or a miss key stroke???
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10-18-2008, 09:18 AM
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Name: Michael Lemings City: Fayetteville State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Jun 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thanks for catching that, Mac. 
I deleted that 'delayed-duplicate' post (that was weird). I may have had two separate windows open at the same time or something.
When sanding down the wardrobe, I had to be real careful when using the 3 x 21 belt sander (slowest speed with fast passes). I have a large shoebox full of very fine "powdery" cedar sawdust; not sure to do with it.
I really need to get started on building a decent workbench, but need to complete that large alder armoire to make space for the workbench. I guess that my 3/4, 4 x 8 plywood and sawhorses can work just a bit longer. I've seen some great ideas and discussions here on workbenches, and really need to put building a (or restoring a used) workbench to the top of my list. Thank you for the great compliment.
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10-18-2008, 11:07 AM
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Name: Reggie City: Albemarle State: NC County: Stanly Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Michael, nice job on the wardrobe. Looks good! I have a similar one that my Dad had built before he married my Mom in 1939. It's a one of a kind, built by an old gentlemen who made church furniture. I use it every day. Lots of good memories in there.
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10-18-2008, 11:18 AM
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Name: Cathy City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great looking chest!
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10-18-2008, 11:48 AM
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Name: Stuart Nelson City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Nice job on the refinishing Mike. My MIL has a cedar blanket chest on which the finish looks much like the one in your second picture. However, she won't even consider letting anyone refinish it.   You got a nice piece for $12.50 plus that elbow grease. | |
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10-18-2008, 01:43 PM
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Name: Brian City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 40 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great deal on a beautiful piece of furniture. You did a great job on the refinish.
Brian.
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