mouppe
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Hello,
This is my first post on the forum, but over the past few weeks I must have read hundreds! What a mine of useful information. This is just my hobby, but I have a nice workshop including a few Festools.
The desk in my office was looking very tired, with a lot of scuff marks and dents. In addition, whoever built the desk covered their poor quality workmanship with thick layers of paint and varnish. I decided over the Christmas holidays when the office was closed and there was nobody to be bothered by noise or smells to renovate the desktop. One of the challenges was working in a sealed environment with no ventilation other than the office aircon. It was also not somewhere where you would want to create a lot of dust.
A job for the rotex 125 and ct 22 methinks!
As the paint started to be removed, the wafer-thin veneer began to be exposed. After a short while working my way up the grits it was smooth and ready for the stain. I had to work very carefully as the veneer was so thin. One downside was that the plywood carcass is now exposed but it is a small matter and looks good now after the stain. A few coats of polyurethane and a couple of weeks to gas out and the job was done. You can see from the photos the difference between the renovated desk top and the sides which are original.
Because of the dust capturing efficiency there was no need for any clean-up at all. I wore a mask but really there was no need until I was applying the polyurethane. People in my office thought that I had replaced the top of my desk when they returned after the holidays.
P.S. I started off building wooden models, such as the ship and aeroplane you can see in the background, but I love tackling the full-scale woodwork jobs too!
This is my first post on the forum, but over the past few weeks I must have read hundreds! What a mine of useful information. This is just my hobby, but I have a nice workshop including a few Festools.
The desk in my office was looking very tired, with a lot of scuff marks and dents. In addition, whoever built the desk covered their poor quality workmanship with thick layers of paint and varnish. I decided over the Christmas holidays when the office was closed and there was nobody to be bothered by noise or smells to renovate the desktop. One of the challenges was working in a sealed environment with no ventilation other than the office aircon. It was also not somewhere where you would want to create a lot of dust.
A job for the rotex 125 and ct 22 methinks!
As the paint started to be removed, the wafer-thin veneer began to be exposed. After a short while working my way up the grits it was smooth and ready for the stain. I had to work very carefully as the veneer was so thin. One downside was that the plywood carcass is now exposed but it is a small matter and looks good now after the stain. A few coats of polyurethane and a couple of weeks to gas out and the job was done. You can see from the photos the difference between the renovated desk top and the sides which are original.
Because of the dust capturing efficiency there was no need for any clean-up at all. I wore a mask but really there was no need until I was applying the polyurethane. People in my office thought that I had replaced the top of my desk when they returned after the holidays.
P.S. I started off building wooden models, such as the ship and aeroplane you can see in the background, but I love tackling the full-scale woodwork jobs too!
