Oak Filing Cabinets

[Frank Pellow]

Completed! (2 of 2)

Carrying on from the last update, I first sanded everything starting with 120 grit and progressing to 220.  There was a lot of hand sanding. Again, -held sanding profiles from Lee Valley (catalogue 68Z82.10) came in quite handy ?as did the Festool Pocket StickFix sanding block (catalogue 583 129):

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I used the same Old Masters Special Walnut gel stain that was used for the drawer fronts.  Then three coats of MinWax Satin Wipe-On Poly were applied (and wiped off after 10 minutes).   The final step was to polish everything with a sheepskin pad on my Rotex sander:

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[jaegerhund]

Nice work Frank ---- the finish on the piece looks very good -- close to the wood as they say.  Heavy coats of a surface finish can make oak look tacky (if the pores are not filled).

Justin

 

[honeydoman]

nice work frank!  lot of work for a filing cabinet,,,, but  it is what makes woodworking fun!  the top looks great the way you trimed it out.

 

[Frank Pellow]

The photos that I had placed into  this thread were missing.  [sad]  I have now restored them all from my computer backup disks.  [smile]