Lots going on with this restore - it is slow, but I ran out of Nifti
This is a mini update, but it is probably two nights worth of work. The tilt board and the lock down bar assembly were heavily affected by corrosion, and I thought I'd get this out of the way. The corrosion has turned into rust on the LDB assembly to the point where it is ingrained into the metal. I have two options - clean it as best I can, or paint it a silver color. After attacking it with the wire wheel, wire brush and Ranex, I thought I'd keep going with the first option.
Lock Down Bar BEFORE
One of the worst I've ever seen. BUT, the mechanism is not affected at all - It is easily moved
I basically stripped the handle and soaked it with boiling water and windex. Once it was clean, I used the wire wheel on my buffer and it started to look much better. Combined with the wire brush, and Ranex, it came up very nice. I'll show the top of the assembly once it is screwed back onto the cabinet.
AFTER
Tilt board BEFORE
Not really that bad..
I stripped, cleaned and polished the metal parts and resanded the wood. The wire loom was washed with nifti, rinsed and dried with compressed air.
AFTER
Looks MUCH Better !
I have not added the pictures of the cabinet before I started yet, as it is not finished. It will be covered later.
