Post #653419 by 1961surf on Wed, Sep 26, 2012 12:07 AM

The bar is starting to take on a whole new look !I will follow up with some shots of the back of bar and
show the work I am doing ...keeping it all original except for the electrical !

" what a kick it is to bring this bar back to life the way it was 50+ years ago "

Final exterior coat of varnish... looking fantastic !

Before shot .... alot of hand sanding,cleaning and prepping before the first coat of varnish

first coat applied....night and day from what it looked like before

more masking off the back splash facia before second coat of varnish

Mahogany shelves starting to take shape and look good again .If you look close you can see the shelf
inside edge that has not been varnished yet,and see what the wood surface looked like before

The curved rattan detail running along the upper and lower shelves ....were all hand
sanded , stained and re-varnished as well

[ Edited by: 1961surf 2012-10-15 20:46 ]