This is an old bench that is just about at the end of its life. I decided to see if I could restore it or at least get a little more use out of it before it finally collapsed into itself. This was a two day project that involved disassembly, repair, sanding, painting, and sealing.
Bench Before Restoration
Process of Restoration
Check back here for a detailed walk through of the process I went through while repairing this bench.
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- This piece split due to wood rot and stress
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- Putting on a Polyurethane coating
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- Rustolium ontop of the rusty paint. I don’t think it will hold forever, but its better than leaving it.
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- Trying to sand as much rot away as possible
Final Product
In the end I needed to use epoxy to bond parts of the bench that could no longer be screwed screwed into due to wood rot. Not really what I intended as I wanted the job to ‘be done right’. However, considering the poor condition of the bench, I can’t complain too much about the result
I’d say it actually looks pretty good.
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