Oh Done A Good Job Today.

[Caran]

A few weeks back I ruined the top of the sideboard. There was a few watermarks. Alex Jones on the one show recommended mayonnaise to remove them. It left an even bigger mess than before.
Anyway OH sandpapered the whole top. Gave it three coats of wood stain and two coats of varnish or lacquer. It's taken three days to allow for drying time, and it looks really good. We were a bit worried about colour matching but it's turned out brilliant. So pleased with it.

[Mamyalynne]

Good job well done is always satisfying, bravo Mr C.

[ummmm]

I would have bought a new sideboard.

[retrocop]

//I would have bought a new sideboard. //

For all you know Caran's sideboard could of been a family heirloom and a replacement unavailable.What is so wrong with a bit of DIY to make good? What would you have done with the original sideboard if you had bought a new one? Chuck it on a skip maybe ?

[david small]

Well done Caran. Apparently retro if you leave things by your gate with a note saying free. They disappear.

[shoota]

I really enjoy stripping back, rubbing down and a good shellacking.
It is very satisfying.

[zebo]

I've removed water-marks with a hot iron over a folded towel, I was surprised how well it worked years after the spillage. That was on oak with a wax finish.

[jennyjoan]

I was gonna reply to ummmm's suggestion but have decided not.

When someone says white - she says black - but hey ho.

[sanmac]

And for a final touch, shoota, pepper it with buck-shot to give it that "antiquey" look.

[Baldric]

Chuck it out, no bodge jobs here, if you can't fix it' don't try, just get rid.

[jennyjoan]

like the wife

[Caran]

I've had the sideboard since mid seventies. It's the usual teak with two cupboards and a set of drawers in the middle. It matches everything else so why not repair it.

[Baldric]

Indeed.

[sanmac]

I think that Caran and her husband are quite pleased and a little proud of what they have accomplished, and that is the most important point.

[Mamyalynne]

That style is very much back in vogue now Caran and making do and upcycling is extremely popular - we don't need to be filling up landfill sites with perfectly good stuff.

[ummmm]

Retro...so I have to guess that something might have sentimental value?

And David is right...leave something out and it'll be gone pretty sharpish.

[douglas9401]

Top marks for a job well done and extra credit for deciphering the outpourings of that woman. :-)

[retrocop]

Not around our way. In the London area you can leave perfectly functional furniture/white goods at your front gate with a note saying 'Free to anyone who collects'. It will stay there forever.
If you leave a note saying £10 ono it will disappear in the dead of night.

[vulcan42]

It makes economic sense to repair, the problem these days is finding somebody with the necessary skills. My washing machine went wrong last year and I replaced the circuit board, £60 spent against the price of a new machine. Well done Caran's OH.

[sanmac]

And then, retro, you get up in the morning, amble down to the front-gate, and find a note attached to the item saying: "OK, I'll take it away for you, but where's the ten pounds?"

[THECORBYLOON]

I read it as being a skateboard...