Anyone come across the dialed in sandpaper grit for removing the glue from cabinet after heat gun removing the artwork? Doing a FT right now
Thx!!
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Quoted from vid1900:Like Dasvis said, some Wood Hardener will soak into the soft wood and toughen him up.
It may take a few coats, don't worry.
Weird..... my wife tried to get me to use that too....
2 weeks later
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:This thread (and the other guides!) never fail to disappoint -
I've got a WPC cabinet with scratches/gouges in the side art; what is the best way to level these down and fill prior to repainting? The scratching does not extend to the wood, it is just the art and vinyl underlayment.
Wouldn't you be removing all the previous art and vinyl as it is?
5 months later
I put this in my own Fish Tales refurb thread, but I figured i'd toss the info in here for any Cabinet Repair folks for bad gouged or awful corners, etc.
Here is some fiberglass resin repairs I did to my bad cabinet. Some pics of the process. I used Vid's earlier in thread fiberglass resin techniques and I am extremely happy with the results so far.
I made sure I used a burr end on my rotary tool and put some deeper gouges into wood where I could so the resin could seep deeper into the area to give it more hold. The areas I could put some small tapered head screws i also got in for more hold. Build dams and pour in!
I found I needed to wait a couple minutes and add a bit more resin from cup to make sure I was above wood level as some might seep between dam and wood. Watch for that so you don’t have to get the rotary tool out in a few hours to scratch it up and gouge the newly hardened resin so you can too it back up to level
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Too also add- use parchment paper under blocks/clamps, etc to prevent glueing unwanted items together.
3 months later
Quoted from hisokajp:well slight separated corner... i'll to see what the inside looks like next *_*
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Just need a little gorilla tape
3 months later
Quoted from 2Fun:Vid -
I was going to use fiberglass resin on the back of this cab (and corner). It is my first time using resin. I usually bondo. I intend on putting a stern cabinet protector over this corner once I'm done. My question is this: Would it be o.k. to put a screw through the resin (for the cabinet protector) or will it crack? Apologies for the poor pics...
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I bet it would crack. That fibreglass is tough but brittle, man, that doesn't make sense, but it does. hmmm.
Quoted from mof:Saving the rest of the pic deck for when I post the total restore, but here's a sneak peek of my first fiberglass corner restore. I'm proud of my first effort. (pre-sanding down)
Thanks for the step-by-step tips, vid!!!-mof
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Nice corner mof, i'm going to fire up a cab refurb soon and plan on fibreglass corner repairs again on my WW
Quoted from mof:This vid really helped me see the whole process of using Bondo on wood, which I'm about to do for the first time.
I really like the move of laying down the painter's tape, and shaping the bondo while it's still drying... Look forward to trying that!
THX mof!! That was really good to see. Looks to be much cleaner, and maybe easier than the fiberglass I was using, I believe they both have their uses individually but man, I might have to go with the "bondo" also on my next cabinet refurb.
The fibreglass was so rank smelling in my garage i couldn't believe it.
1 month later
Sand it down. Fill/smooth with a filler. See if you can find a stencil kit and re-paint it. It will never get rid of that planking/flaky look if you don't sand it smooth I bet
9 months later
Quoted from TheLaw:Cool, thanks for the heads up, I'm interested to find out .
Personally I find the corn cob media does not get the tough stuff off. I found I need the walnut to do the dirty work.
4 weeks later
Quoted from Larrymc:Thanks to everyone for all the great info! I’m new to woodworking but with all these great tips I’m getting confident enough to start tackling some restoration of my Gottlieb Big Hit cabinet. I’m starting with replacing the back box’s badly damaged plywood face. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the original was not glued but just stapled on. Now I have to rethink my original plan to glue the replacement on. Other than it wasn’t done that way originally, are there any cons to using some glue for a tighter fit?[quoted image]
Glue, staple it, fill tiny staple holes with a filler.
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