I scored!

Today was my birthday and it was an awesome day! My daughter and I went to a bunch of antique/consignment stores and what do I find but this......



Yep, a 1950's Walter of Wabash formica table!!!! Gold sparkles no less! What an awesome find and a steal ! The legs slide out to support the sides.



and i also got a rivet gun kit. Gosh I love new tools

Now if the weather would just cooperate!

 Before this last set of storms we actually had a  few nice days where I got a few things done. First was drilling out all the rivet remnants.  When I initially removed the skin I just drilled the head and snapped it off.  I thought that it was fast and efficient (it was!) but I didn't factor in the time needed to remove these remainders! Ah well, good thing I recently discovered Pandora Radio.  It's a cool app that you can type in an artist or song/genre  and it creates a station with similar music. Pretty cool.

  Next was stripping the refrigerator access doors.  These had tones of paint and goo. Go ahead and click on it and make it  larger....  I dare you!  The keys, alas, are long gone so I'll be replacing them with new ones from VTS.    

First time this door has been open in a really really long time . Probably Carter was President!

 Something serendipitous happened though!  As I was slathering on the Citrastrip,  I was eyeing the black residue on the skins. Now I have previously tried physically removing it by scraping and used nasty chemicals like adhesive remover.   Nothing budged it.    I wonder......

Along the lines of "well, it won't hurt"  I gave it a quick swab with the brush.    The stuff started to dissolve in SECONDS, nanoseconds even!!!! I little scrub with a 3m green scrubby and a swipe with some paper towels and it was gone!  Yippee!

 I did a couple of panels, but even though Citrastrip is pretty friendly, the fumes were getting toxic in an enclosed trailer.  I'll do more removal when I can crank the windows open and run a fan.


I know some of you are probably  thinking I'm nuttier than a squirrel turd for even bothering,  but I'm planning on sealing everything with Tempro from the inside and I'd rather give it a good surface to adhere to! Yes, I'm planning on sealing each and every rivet.....

 I'm really excited though.  I thought it was going to take a bipartisan act of Congress to get that stuff  off!

And I have plenty to go!

Now if the weather would just cooperate!