Alright so one correction from the previous post, we decided that the amber colored shellac (even just one coat) made the new birch wood panels too dark. So... on new birch we did one coat of half amber and half clear, followed by three coats of clear shellac, and on the exhisting original wood we sanded and put 4 coats of clear shellac on. A lot of work but is's looking pretty good; not perfect still some staining and imperfectins seen in the old wood but all in all we're pretty happy with how it looks. As a side note... I did touch up paint over a couple spots on the original wood that was water damaged. I use a little acrylic pain to color match to the birch- shh don't tell, you tcan't even see it ;-) I'll try and post more photos of the final product soon (hopefully with better photo quality too).
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All the cupboards and drawers out/off our driveway became
a serious work zone
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| Me doing a little acrylic color matching to the water stained spots |
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The husband putting on first coat of shellac. Remember
to paint on the stain with the grain of the wood ;-), he forgot
and was going against the wood grain in this photo- this left
streeks that we were not able to get rid of completely even after
three more coats going with the grain of the wood.
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| same front wall after refinishing |
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