Monday 11-21 Staining the Cabinets

 

Another rainy day

We had another cold rainy day.

We continue working on the upper and lower pinball machine cabinets. A couple of days ago after we took the lower and upper cabinets apart we decided on which pieces would be painted and which ones would be stained. Today it was too nasty to paint but the garage was dry and the temperature was in the 60s. We decided to stain the boards. Larry put the truck on the driveway so we could use the bay for the project. We put a tarp on the floor and then setup the card table and the 4' table on it. The wood filler was dry so Larry sanded those boards. He then taped off the boards that needed to be protected from the stain. We wiped down the boards to make sure all the saw dust was off. Next Larry stained the boards with the same stain we used on the Cameo cabinet, Antique White. We let the stain setup for three minutes and then I wiped them down. We waited a hour to let the stain dry and then we started to apply the Polyurethane. We put three coats on each board waiting two hours between each coat. Larry would apply the Polyurethane then I would take the piece in the workroom so it would dry. Once the boards were dry Larry would lightly sand the polyurethane and wipe it down then apply the next coat. It took us all day and the boards look excellent. Now we have to wait a few days for the polyurethane to get hard and then we will start with the paint.

Taping the board before staining

Applying the stain with a rag

 

Some stained boards

Applying the polyurethane with a brush

In the late afternoon we played pinball on the temporary dining room table setup.

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Pyramid and 10 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 14 minutes and 36 seconds, which put me in 8th place in my group.

In the evening we watched a couple of episodes of Death In Paradise. Then I watched Star Trek Beyond. Afterwards I watched a couple of episodes of The Mallorca Files. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group. It's a get start for the week.